Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

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Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

3

Ou

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Brevets

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Description générale

Metal with ruby jaws.

Dimensions

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

Longueur

7,5 cm

Largeur

4,8 cm

Hauteur

5,2 cm

Épaisseur

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Poids

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Diamètre

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Volume

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Lexique

Groupe

Technologie industrielle

Catégorie

Outils et équipement-ouvrier

Sous-catégorie

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Fabricant

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Bergeon

Pays

Switzerland

État/province

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Ville

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Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

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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

This tool, with ruby jaws is used to ensure that a balance wheel is "balanced" or poised. If the wheel rests at the same point the weight is not envenly distributed, a circumstance which must be fixed.

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

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Détails

Marques

Incised print on top reads: "BERGEON"/ Other side reads: "SWISS MADE"/ Handwritten incising reads: "A. ECKERT/ 1962"/ Incised print on bottom reads: "AE"/

Manque

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Fini

Polished machined silver metal. Three adjustable feet. Screw operated vise. Red spirit level to help level instrument (contained in metal and glass 2006.0083.2)/ Ruby jaws are Interchangeable.

Décoration

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