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Male Centers – Minute Wheel Pinion

Male Centers

Conically pointed pins; the opposite of female centers.

A chronometer hung in gimbals, for use at sea in determining longitude.

A mechanism for driving a watch or clock while being wound.

A wheel in the shape of a maltese cross, used in stop works.

The grained or frosted surface given to work before gilding or silvering. See Electro-Plating.

An instrument for determining when the sun is on the meridian.

An instrument used for measuring very minute distances with extreme exactness. See Gauge.

A lineal measure based on the thousandth part of a meter, or about one-twenty-fifth of an inch. It is used principally by French watchmakers.

The one-sixtieth part of an hour. Sixty seconds equal one minute.

The hand of a time-piece which indicates the minutes and which traverses the circle of the dial once each hour.

The wheel of the motion work into which the cannon pinion depths.

The pinion upon which the minute wheel is mounted and which depths with the hour wheel.