General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

THE BODY OF THE METER IS METAL/ THE PROTECTIVE WINDOW OR CRYSTAL IS EITHER GLASS OR PLASTIC/ THE EXPSOURE METER IS LIGHT SENSITIVE PAPER/ THE BOX IS MADE OF CARDBOARD, AND THE CORNERS ARE HELD TOGETHER WITH METAL.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

8.7 cm

Width

7.0 cm

Height

2.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still camera accessories

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Watkins

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Hereford

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1915+

Canada

Unknown

Function

USED TO MEASURE LIGHT VALUES FOR NATURAL, ARTIFICIAL, STUDIO & FLASH LIGHT SOURCES.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

'WATKINS/ BEE/ METER/ MADE [E]NGLAND' PRINTED ON PAPER FACE OF METER,WITH F STOP AND LIGHT SCALES/ PLATE AND EXPOSURE SCALES STAMPED INTO FRONT OF CASING/ FOLLOWING INFO. PRINTED ON BOX TOP: '3/6 / Full ins-/ truction/ booklet,/ short ins-/truction/ card and/ speed card/ enclosed./ WATKINS/ BEE/ METER/ For the Photographic/ EXPOSURE ofALL/ Kinds of plates and/ films, outdoors and/ indoors./ NEW ISSUE.', AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

Missing

COMPLETE

Finish

THE METAL BODY HAS A SILVER METALLIC FINISH/ THE METER GAUGE NUMBERS ARE WRITTEN ON WHITE PAPER/ THE LIGHT SENSITIVE PAPER HAS A GREENISH TINT/ THE CARDBOARD CONTAINER IS BROWN.

Decoration

N/A