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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Chime melody

Chronometry; Clock

Tune played by the clock on the hour. A 4/4 Chime plays music and counts the hour, quarter hour, half hour, & three-quarter hour.

Early clocks and watches all chimed on bells, but this made striking watches very thick. In the last quarter of the 18th century, when the fashion changed to thinner watches, a steel-wire open ring ...

Chapter ring

Chronometry; Clock

A decorative ring on the clock face upn which the hours are indicated. A feature of many traditional style mantel clocks. Also a prominent feature of clocks with skeleton movements.

Figure-8 clock

Chronometry; Clock

The American Howard Watch and Clock Co. (E. Howard & Co. ) introduced, c. 1870, their weight-operated timepieces, Nos. 6-10. The cases were made of polished black walnut, and the configuration of the ...

Figure clock

Chronometry; Clock

Any clock with moving figures and more specifically with a human figure or figures, either forming part of the decoration of the case or partially involved in the movement. Examples are a clock with ...