Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,689 pages of information and 247,075 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class X.: Tobias and Co

From Graces Guide

78. TOBIAS and CO., Liverpool — Manufacturers.

Registered compound seconds' watch movement, a new configuration produced by combining a quarter-second's train of wheels with an independent full seconds' train, in such a manner as to cause the seconds' hand of the independent second's train to perform one revolution in the same space of time that the quarter seconds' train is performing four revolutions.

Gold watch, dome case, made from similar movement. Three-quarter plate movement, combining soundness and utility.

Gold watch, with same movement. Lady's watch, with ornamental engraving, and engine-turned case.

Gold hunting watch, with ornamented and engine- turned case.

Silver lever watch, as used in Turkey.

Horizontal movement, jewelled in five pair of holes; extra chronometer-balance, adapted to all climates.

Left-handed movement, extra-jewelled, gold balance.

Silver hunting and plain watches.

Railway guards' timepiece, secured in case.


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