IMPROVEMENT IN WATCHES
Year: 1885

page_text: I, RICHARD FENNELL of No 3 Lord Street Chapel Fields Coventry in the
County of Warwick Watch Maker, do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for IMPROVEMENT IN WATCHES to be as follows:-
A full plate Watch independant dead centre seconds.
I commenced by making an ordinary full plate frame then planted my own
wheels with balance above the plate with brasswork and name bar on the top
plate. The centre fourth wheel works independant of the going part of the Watch
the hand making 60 dead seconds to the minute while the going fourth wheel hand
makes 300 beats to the minute.
It has a stop work which stops the centre hand but does not stop the Watch
which is done by a fly wheel which makes it act independant of the going part.
It is a double train One barrel works under the name bar and the other in the
plate.
.One barrel is visible and the other is not. It has the odinary full plate
pottance but no other bars eccept the name bar which is on the top plate All
the works are from the top plate to the pillar plate The centre hand will make
either 60 dead seconds to the minute or 300 dead fifths to the minute.
The connecting part coques from the escape wheel by a pinion of six teeth which
is colleted on the escape pinion harbour and a fly with on tooth.
The fifths are made by a pinion of 30 teeth colleted on the escape pinion harbour
and a fly with five teeth in which makes five distinct drops to the second. It has
two wind ups and one set hands at the back of the Watch.
The face has four hands on minute, hour, and two seconds. The small seconds
hand in the usual place at the bottom of the dial. And the long seconds in the
centre over the minute and hour hands.
Dated this Ninotoanth day of Ontahan 1005

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Improvement in Watches.
I, RICHARD FENNELL of 3 Lord Street Chapel Fields, Coventry in the County
of Warwick do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for IMPROVEMENT IN
WATCHES, and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
Full plate independant dead seconds I commenced by making an ordinary full
plate frame then planted my own wheels with balance above the plate with
brasswork and name bar upon the top plate The centre fourth wheel works
independant of the going part of the Watch. The hand making 60 dead seconds
to the minute while the going fourth wheel hand makes 300 beats to the minute.
It has a stop-work which stops the centre hand, but does not stop the Watch
which is done by a fly wheel which makes it act independant of the going part of
the Watch.
It is double train One barrel works under the name bar and the other in the
plate one is visible and the other is not It has an ordinary full plate pottance but
no other bars except the name bar which is on the top plate, All the works are
from the top plate to the pillar plate. The centre hand will make either 60 dead
seconds to the minute or 300 dead fifths to the minute The connecting part comes
from the escape wheel by a pinion of six teeth colletted on the escape pinion harbor
and a fly with one tooth The fifths are made by a pinion of 30 teeth colletted on
the escape pinion harbor and a fly with 5 teeth in which makes five distinct drops
to the second It has two wind ups and one set hands at the back of the Watch
The face of the Watch has four hands on minute, hour, and two seconds hands. The
small seconds hand is in the usual place at the bottom of the dial and the long.
seconds hand in the centre over the minute and hour hands. It has a 12 size
balance, and a 10 size escapement to a 16 size Watch. It is sprung over the
pendulum stud and regulator being on the brasswork.
Drawing No 1 is the face of the Watch in case. The large seconds hand goes
with the independant part of the Watch and the minute, hour, and small seconds
hands go with the going part of the Watch.
Drawing No 2 is the top plate. Letter A is the wind up to the independant
part of the Watch, which is connected with the centre, third, and fourth wheels
and a wheel of five teeth which works in. a pinion of 30 teeth colletted on the
escape wheel arbor which you will perceive under the brasswork marked with the
letter E on Drawing No 3. Letter B is the winding up part of the Watch
Letter C is the set hands part of the Watch which moves the wheels which is
marked D in Drawing No 3.
Drawing No 3 is under the dial and the work under the brasswork marked E is
what I claim as the novelty of my Invention.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
That my Invention is a double train full plate independant centre seconds which
makes fifths or dead seconds the action comming from the escape pinion with a
pinion colletted on the escape pinion arbor which you will see on Drawing No 3
under a small brass work marked with the letter E.