Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

10

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

Metal

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

6,6 cm

Largeur

2,0 cm

Hauteur

2,0 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Technologie industrielle

Catégorie

Outils et équipement-ouvrier

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Watch

Pays

Inconnu

État/province

Inconnu

Ville

Inconnu

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Inconnu

Période

Mr Eckert was a watchmaker from the late 1940s until he retired in 1985.

Canada

These items were all used by Mr. Eckert in order to earn a living repairing and making watches and other small timepieces. He had not intended to be a watchmaker but, as a young man in Germany after WWII, he needed a job. He studied and trained at night. The assignment for the master exam was to make a clock from watch parts. It was to be wound from the back but the time was to be set from the front. Mr. Eckert started his training in the late 1940s. He bought his lathe in 1948. In 1963 he had the opportunity to come to Canada. He settled in Montreal and in 1977, came to Ottawa. He was self-employed and worked in various locations. Mr. Eckert retired in 1985.

Fonction

Made to wind the mainspring. There are 6 different barrel sizes and two handles in this kit.

Technique

These precision instruments are needed to make, maintain and repair watches. These tools, especially the lathe, are core tools for a self-employed watchmaker. They have changed very little since the mid-19th century, other than using electric motors to run certain tools. Once electronic time pieces were introduced in the 1950s and 1960s, these tools were rendered largely obsolete.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

Incised on barrel reads: "WATCH-CRAFT"/ Incised on end reads: "11.9"

Manque

S/O

Fini

Mainspring winders (6) are made of machined metal with a cross-hatched narrow part with brass metal end. Other end has a brass tip.

Décoration

S/O