Watch, pocket
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1890
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0931.001
- MANUFACTURER
- American Waltham Watch Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GOLD CASE/ ENAMELLED FACE/ GLASS COVER/ METAL HANDS & INNER WORKINGS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.5 cm
- Width
- 5.2 cm
- Height
- 1.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Horology
- Category
- Watches
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Waltham
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- ORIGINAL OWNER RECEIVED WATCH ON HIS 21ST B'DAY IN 1892 [SEE MKGS] - DONATED TO ARCHIVES IN 1973
- Canada
-
WAS GIVEN TO HUGH FLEMING, BY HIS FATHER, SIR SANDFORD FLEMING. SIR SANDFORD FLEMING WAS A PROMINENT CANADIAN - SURVEYOR OF RAIL LINE ACROSS CANADA; FATHER OF STANDARD TIME (1884); DESIGNER OF 1ST CANADIAN POSTAGE STAMP. [REF.1] - Function
-
USED TO TELL TIME. INDICATES BOTH STANDARD 12 HOUR DIVISION AND THE 24 HOUR DIVISION. ALSO HAS A MINUTE HAND. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ENGRAVED ON BACK: 'TO HUGH from his FATHER/ OTTAWA JANY. 10TH 1892'/ ON DIAL: '5' TO '60' IN INCREMENTS OF 5/ '13' TO '24'/ ROMAN NUMERAL '1' TO '12'/ '10' TO '60' IN INCREMENTS OF 10
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- WHITEFACE WITH BLACK & RED PRINTING
- Decoration
- CREST ENGRAVED ON BACK PLUS DECORATIVE FLORAL MOTIF
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American Waltham Watch Co., Watch, pocket, circa 1890, Artifact no. 1995.0931, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0931.001/
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