General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

19

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

cast iron

Dimensions

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

Length

19.0 cm

Width

9.0 cm

Height

9.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Industrial Technology

Category

Tools & equipment-trades

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Bergeon

Country

Switzerland

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

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.

Function

Used to wind clocks, alarm-clocks and counters mainsprings. Can be used right or left handed.

Technical

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.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Mfr's plate reads: "MADE IN SWITZERLAND/ BERGEON/ FABRICATION SUISSE"/

Missing

N/A

Finish

Pitted light brown varnished cast iron frame. Frame is held with bench vise. Blued metal and polished metal crank.

Decoration

N/A