IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO WATCHES
Year: 1885

page_text: We, HERMANN WAGNER and MAURICE GERSTLEY, trading as Wagner and
Gerstley, of N° 47 Aldermanbury, in the city of London, Merchants do hereby
declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE
TO WATCHES" to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the construction and application to watches of an
apparatus or toy for playing a racing game.
In carrying out the invention we construct the back of the watch case so that it
can receive a disc or dial around the edge of which are printed marked or painted
representations of race horses and jockeys-each horse being marked with a name
and number. The dial or disc is adapted to be revolved in any suitable manner
by a spring catch arrangement. A hand is provided to indicate on the dial the
winning horse or number..
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
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We HERMANN WAGNER and MAURICE GERSTLEY trading as Wagner & Gerstley
of N° 47 Aldermanbury in the city of London Merchants do hereby declare the
nature of the said invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO WATCHES'
(a communication from abroad by Messieurs Louis Brandt et fils of Bienne,
Switzerland, Watch Manufacturers) and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to the construction and application to watches of a roulette
apparatus or toy for playing a racing game.

page_text: In carrying out this invention we construct the back of the watch case so that
it can receive a disc or dial around the edge of which are painted marked or printed
representations of race horses and jockeys-each horse being marked with a name
and number. The dial or disc is adapted to be revolved in any suitable manner
by a spring catch arrangement. A hand is provided to indicate on the dial the
winning horse or number.
In the accompanying drawing figure 1 is a back view of a watch provided with
our improvements and figure 2 is a similar view with the roulette disc or dial
removed so as to shew the mechanism.
a is the disc or dial with representations of race horses and jockeys around the
edge thereof each horse being numbered as shewn, The dial a is adapted to
revolve on a pivot or centre b, fixed to the back plate of the apparatus; to revolve
the dial a, the rod or bolt c, is pulled outwards thereby causing the pivotted
catch d, (to which the bolt c, is jointed) to take into the toothed wheel e, and to
deflect the spring f, as shewn in dotted lines figure 2; on the bolt c, being released
the spring f, carries back the catch a, to its normal position thereby rotating the
wheel e and dial a; g is the hand fixed to the pivot b.
The apparatus is adapted to the back of a watch in any suitable manner such as
by snapping on, or otherwise and a glass is provided to protect the same.
By this arrangement if the dial a, be revolved as hereinbefore described the
representation of the horse which stops against the hand g is the winning horse.
It will be obvious that instead of representations of horses on the dial a, small
dice may be adapted to be operated by the turning of the dial.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
1. The combination with a watch of a roulette apparatus or toy as hereinbefore
described.
2. The improved combined watch and roulette apparatus or toy as hereinbefore
described and represented in the accompanying drawing.