A NOVEL WATCH.
A watchmaker in Newcastle, Peiin., says a Pittsburg paper, has completed a set of three wonderful gold shirt studs, in one of which is a watcli that keeps excellent time, the dial being about three-eighths of an inch in diameter. The three studs are connected by a strip of silver inside the shirt bosom, and the watch contained in the middle one is wound up by turning the stud above, aud the bands are set by turning the one below. But perhaps the" most remarkable thing about this Liliputian machine is that it works \fith a pendulum like a clock, and the. pendulum will act with ease and accuracy in whatever position the timepiece is placed,; even if it be turned upside down, . i
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6213, 15 October 1881, Page 7
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127A NOVEL WATCH. New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6213, 15 October 1881, Page 7
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