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Baroque (ba-roke') A heavy type of decorative ornament used in the latter part of the Renaissance. Typical of decoration of the Louis XIV period. At its best in decoration of the period in Vienna.  Most common Baroque is a term used to describe a pearl of irregular form.

An Atmos clock is a "perpetually wound" clock with torsion,suspended balance wound by changes in temperature.

I grew up in the back of my dad’s jewelry shop, always looking over the shoulder of the jewelers while they were repairing, reconditioning or manufacturing a piece from scratch...