Sentence examples for watch mechanisms from inspiring English sources

He published works on acoustics, optics, tidal phenomena, and watch mechanisms.

In developing watch mechanisms, Earnshaw also invented the cylindrical balance spring and the detached (or free) detent escapement.

In the villa, Mr. Muller said, he can oversee "watches being made from beginning to end" -- both the traditional, painstaking hand work and the computer-aided design systems used to develop watch mechanisms.

SHOP La Muse (1156 Nuuanu Avenue; 808-536-0818; lamushowcasescom) showcases the owner Julia Chu's sophisticated take on island style; there are carved bone bracelets, rings made of watch mechanisms and a wide range of swimwear, including whimsically embellished bikinis.

In its best moments, mostly in the ensemble movements, the Juilliard players made the music sound as intricately assembled as a watch mechanism yet never mechanical or predictable.

By mounting the escapement and balance wheel in a rotating cage that revolves on its own axis, passing through all possible centers of gravity, Bréguet negated the distorting effect of gravitational pull on the delicate watch mechanism.

And at the end comes pineapple roasted on a spit powered by a £70,000 giant watch mechanism alongside a soft, yeasty, syrup-infused brioche, or a brown-bread ice cream with bursts of savouriness from the very best of salted caramel.

Rhythm, defined by a steady, pounding pulse — first from Mr. Deacon's computer, then from Michael Mizrahi, the Now Ensemble's pianist — defined the second movement, "Fleece Needs," with the players building a texture that had both the intricacy of a watch mechanism and the brutal force of a turbine engine.

C. 1648 Somersetshire, England March 21 , 1724Croydon, England Daniel Quare, (born c. 1648, Somersetshire?, England died March 21 , 1724 [1723 Old Style], Croydon, Surrey), celebrated English clock maker who invented a repeating watch mechanism (1680) that sounded the nearest hour and quarter hour when the owner pushed a pin protruding from the case.

The watch mechanism is housed asymmetrically within a solid piece of sleek and anodised aluminium and is available in six colours.

This thing has a 3D tourbillon, which has a little ring that rotates in three dimensions to offset the effects of gravity on the watch mechanism.