Clock

Clock

Any instrument other than a watch for measuring or indicating time, especially a mechanical or electronic device having a numbered dial and moving hands or a digital display.

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The name given to a style in the decorative arts which flourished in Europe and North America during the 1890s. Influenced by Japanese are, it is characterised by whiplash lines and stylized natural ...

Arch

Chronometry; Clock

The curved part of a clock case that resembles a door arch.

Arch top

Chronometry; Clock

A simple semicircular top to the cases of bracket and longcase clocks. The design appeared in the late 18th century and continued well into the 19th. It presented a satisfyingly simple shape to ...

Boiling-out pan

Chronometry; Clock

A small pan used for boiling out parts in methylated spirits, to remove shellac from clock parts after they have been cemented with shellac to a chuck; it is also used for tempering small clock parts ...

Chops

Chronometry; Clock

Jaws of wood, fibre or soft metal placed in a vice to protect work being held there from being marked by the vice.

Chronometer balance

Chronometry; Clock

The chronometer balance has a split laminated rim made by fusing brass on to a steel ring. This is usually fitted with two large compensation adjusting weights with two timing nuts which are used to ...