This post was originally published by Miquel Angel Cladera on his exceptional blog at SaFonaGastroCrono. The English translation has been provided by Google Translate with minor edits for proper clarification..
Pictured: Hand-Painted Chronograph Dial with Red Marginal Five-Minute Figures, Fitted on a Waltham 14-Size Riverside Chronograph, c.1882. The familiar five-minute marginal track featured on a variety of American watch dials.
Paul Morphy Watch Dial by John Webb, Dial Painter at the American Watch Company. Reprinted with Permission from the National Watch & Clock Museum. Paul Morphy is considered to be.
