Watch, pocket

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OBJECT TYPE: RAILWAY/MEN'S
DATE: 1900
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0429.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Switzerland

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General Information

Serial #: 274684
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL, INCLUDING NICKEL PLATED BRASS, GOLD & STEEL; ENAMELLED FACE, GLASS COVERED

Dimensions

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

Length: 9.5 cm
Width: 6.7 cm
Height: 2.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Horology
Category: Watches
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Switzerland
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PROBABLY USED C.1900 AND AFTER
Canada: EXAMPLE OF TYPICAL WATCH USED BY RAILWAY PERSONNEL IN CANADA/ RAILWAY WATCHES WERE EITHER GIVEN TO OR PURCHASED BY RAILWAY STAFF SUCH AS CONDUCTORS & ENGINEERS/ THEY WERE TO BE OF HIGHEST QUALITY & CLEANED & REGULATED TO STANDARD EACH YR/ STANDARD TIME WAS BEGUN TO OVERCOME RAILWAYS' PROBLEMS IN SCHEDULING & KEEPING TRACK OF THE TIME WHICH CHANGED AT NEARLY EVERY VILLAGE AS YOU MOVED EAST-WEST.
Function: TO KEEP & DISPLAY ACCURATE TIME
Technical: EXAMPLE OF A SWISS MADE WATCH - CONSIDERED FOR MOST OF THE 2ND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY TO BE THE BEST MADE & MOST RELIABLE TIME KEEPERS
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: FACE IS MK'D OFF IN ROMAN NUMERALS WITH ANOTHER SMALL DIAL MK'D OFF IN SECONDS - ACTUALLY NUMBERED '10 20 30 40 50 60'/ ON FACE 'M. MICHAELS/ MONTREAL & QUEBEC' & 'SWISS'/ TAG HAS BEEN STUCK ON THE BACK WITH TYPED CHARACTERS 'VH 44'/ INSIDE BACK 'ARGENTAN/ DOXO/ DEPOSE', 'SWISS/ 274684' & WHAT APPEARS TO BE SCRATCHED IN BY HAND 'M[J]101858[5]'
Missing: none evident
Finish: BACK & SIDES FINISHED WITH NICKEL PLATE, HAS SLIGHT GOLDEN SHEEN TO IT/ INNER RIM AROUND FACE IS GOLD COLOUR/ FACE IS WHITE WITH BLACK MKGS & HANDS/ STEM HAS SMALL SPOTS OF GREEN CORROSION
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Watch, pocket, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1994.0429, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0429.001/

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