English and American Watches

Note to Reprinted Edition
Introduction
1 - The Beginning
2 - English Watchmaking in the Seventeenth Century
3 - The Balance Spring
4 - Pioneer Precision Work
5 - The Emergence of the Precision Watch
6 - The Early Lever and Duplex Escapements
7 - The English Watch: Final Development and Decline
8 - American Watchmaking
9 - Post-War Developments in America

Appendix A - The Verge
Appendix B - Cylinder Escapement
Appendix C - The Duplex
Appendix D - The Chronometer
Appendix E - The Lever

Biographical Notes
Plates
Index
Bibliography

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