Size of the First Watch.
At fiisb the watch was about the size of a dessert plate. It had weights, and was used as a "pocket clock." The earliest known use of the modern name occurs in the record of 1552, which mentions that Edward VI had " ono larura " or watch of iron, the case being likewise of iron gilt, with two plummets of load. The first watch may readily be supposed to be a rude execution. The fir3t great improvement — the substitution of springs for weights — was in 1560. The earlist springs weio not coiled, but only straight pieces of steel. Early watches had only one hand, and, being wound up twice a day, they could not be expected to keep the time nearer than fifteen or twenty minutes in twelve hours. The dials were of silver and brass ; the cases had no crystals, but opened at the back and front, and were four or five inches in diameter. A plain watch cost more than $1,500, aria after one was ordered, it took a year to make it. — "Jewellery News."
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 226, 29 October 1887, Page 1
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181Size of the First Watch. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 226, 29 October 1887, Page 1
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