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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A device fitted to a clock's pendulum suspension cock to allow rate adjustment from the dial. The pendulum spring is embraced by sliding brass chops or jaws threaded to receive a vertical screw which ...

Brocot escapement

Chronometry; Clock

A form of pin-pallet escapement invented by Louis-Gabriel Brocot, which, when fitted visibly in front of the dial of 19th-century French or American clocks, forms an interesting feature. The pallets ...

Case

Chronometry; Clock

The shell that contains the clock, the housing or containment for the works (movement)

Caryatid

Chronometry; Clock

Architercturally, a carved or modelled half-length female figure, which serves as a pier or pilaster. According to legend, the Caryatids were the women of Caria who attempted to betray the Greeks to ...

Cartel clock

Chronometry; Clock

A decorative wall clock which had its origin in France during the 18th century. It was essentially a clock for the boudoir or salon and was frequently a ptimepiece without a striking mechanism. ...

Carriage clock

Chronometry; Clock

Small portable clock, usually has a brass case with glass sides and a decorative handle on top.

Carillon

Chronometry; Clock

A set of bells, musically tuned and hung in a tower, played by a pin barrel or by hand. The carillon is occasionally associated with domestic clocks, and in both types two hammers are sometimes ...