A MASSIVELY-BUILT CLOCK-MAKER'S WHEEL ENGINE ADAPTED FROM A GERMAN 'KUPFER' ENGINE, MAINLY OF CAST IRON WITH BRASS DIVIDING WHEEL OF 22 ROWS OF JOLES, WITH A NUMBER OF CUTTERS, CIRCA 1890

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A MASSIVELY-BUILT CLOCK-MAKER'S WHEEL ENGINE ADAPTED FROM A GERMAN 'KUPFER' ENGINE, MAINLY OF CAST IRON WITH BRASS DIVIDING WHEEL OF 22 ROWS OF JOLES, WITH A NUMBER OF CUTTERS, CIRCA 1890

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LOTS (C3 AND C4) CAME FROM THE WORKSHOP OF MR.J.H. BRIDGE OF GLASGOW, WHO WAS DESCRIBED IN AN ARTICLE BY DAVID HARRIES IN THE 'HOROLOGICAL JOURNAL' OF 1971 AS 'SCOTLAND'S LAST CRAFTSMAN CLOCKMAKER'. BRIDGE DIED IN 1963.

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