The American watchmaker and jeweler; an encyclopedia for the horologist, jeweler, gold and silversmith .. . netic watches, bothopen and hunting. The attachmentcan also in various ways be applied toother American and Swiss 240 represents the attachmentapplied to an Elgin 16 size hunting movement. To attach thismechanism to a watch, first wind its mainspring completely and thenlet it down only one-quarter turn. Set stop wheel in position with itsshoulder against the stop piece, to prevent further winding, place bothracks above the stop wheel and let the mainspring drive the parts ba
The American watchmaker and jeweler; an encyclopedia for the horologist, jeweler, gold and silversmith .. . netic watches, bothopen and hunting. The attachmentcan also in various ways be applied toother American and Swiss 240 represents the attachmentapplied to an Elgin 16 size hunting movement. To attach thismechanism to a watch, first wind its mainspring completely and thenlet it down only one-quarter turn. Set stop wheel in position with itsshoulder against the stop piece, to prevent further winding, place bothracks above the stop wheel and let the mainspring drive the parts backto their normal position. The lever winding parts are arranged under therepeater plate and are similar in construction to those used in Swiss repeat-ers. The stemwinding connection is composed of a ratchet wheel which isgeared with the crown wheel of the stem-winding mechanism of thewatch, and a ratchet stem, that passes through the wheel and bothwatch plates, carrying on its other end a pinion, that gears into the re-peater barrel wheel, which winds its mainspring when the stem is turnedto the Fig. 240. Repeating Rack. 282 REPEATING RACK. A rack in a repeating watch which issliifted one tooth for each blow that is struck REPEATING SLIDE. The sHde on the band of a repeatingwatch case that is moved round to set the repeating work in motion. RESILIENT ESCAPEMENT. A form of the lever escapementin which the lever yields, when pressed upon the outside by the impulsepin, and allows the pin to pass. See Lever Escapement. Rest. The T-shaped piece of metal attached to the lathe bed andon which the graver, peg wood, polisher, etc., is rested. It is also knownas T rest and hand rest. Back Rest. Among the many tools that watchmakers can make forthemselves, one of the most useful is the tool illustrated in Fig. 241. It>is a modification of what machinists call a back rest. The only
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