It's from Arabic origin It Means Jewels
egyptians were mummified with jewels as souvineres to take with them to the after life.
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yes the have been stolen by Sir Walter Raleigh
To collect the gold, silver, and precious jewels.
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watch jewl are made from cut up jewels
Jewels are typically attached around the frame of the watch, or ocassionally around the band. Such jewels can be cubic zirconia or actual gens such as diamons and opals.
A very large number, if you include decorative jewels.
The numbers of jewels that are referred to in watch movements all depends on the make and manufacture of the watch. Certain companies like Waltham used extra jewels in the mechanisms of their watches, and 19 was referred to as a 19 jewel movement.
In a watch, the jewels refer to bearings for the shafts of the various moving parts as well as the escapement. Jewels, as opposed to plain bushings, tend to be harder and lower friction and thus wear far less and also tend to make the watch run better. The 7 jewels is the minimum for a functional jeweled movement, this includes 2 jewels for the balance wheel pivots, and balance wheel pivot caps, one roller jewel and 2 pallet jewels (the roller and pallets are part of the escapement). Higher jewel counts have more of the wheels (gears) in jeweled bearings.
There's a good discussion of jewels in watches here: http://elginwatches.org/help/watch_jewels.html
Not necessarily. The jewels, often rubies, are intended to provide almost frictionless operation of moving parts. Their effectiveness depends on the quality of the jewels as well as the craftmanship with which the moving parts of the watch are manufactured and assembled.
The number of jewels in a watch refers to the number of individual gears it contains. Other than opening it and counting, you may be able to look up the number by the make and model of the particular watch.
what is 21 jewels//
do you have a picture of a rigi 17 jewels swiss incabloc pocket watch
It is the model number of the movement. The Grade 384 was made from 1910 to about 1924, and had 17 jewels and was usually adjusted.