An independent pocket watch
the Gousset watch independent seconds, signed by Menendez and Cernuda de Havana, was certainly an order with their signature made to Switzerland, because They lacked workshops and technology to make it.
The independent pocket watches operate with two gears trains, one for the hours and the other for the seconds, which are marked by a central needle which jumps per second and can be stopped at will without the gusset watch stopping.
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