Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

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Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

19

Ou

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Brevets

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Description générale

cast iron

Dimensions

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

Longueur

19,0 cm

Largeur

9,0 cm

Hauteur

9,0 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

Ou

Bergeon

Pays

Suisse

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

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

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

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

Manque

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Fini

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

Décoration

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