Object Details
- Description
- For most of the nineteenth century, women had worn watches hung from long chains around the neck, but by the end of the century styles changed. Fashion magazines advocated a variety of timepieces for women who could afford luxuries. A well-to-do woman might own a very special bracelet containing a watch or a watch set in a ring. More common were watches designed to pin at her waist or, like this one made in Switzerland about 1900, on her lapel.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Mrs. Eva C. Taiclet
- 1901
- ID Number
- ME.315969
- catalog number
- 315969
- accession number
- 224781
- Object Name
- watch
- Other Terms
- watch; Mechanical, Spring-Driven; Lapel Watch
- Physical Description
- enamel (watch case material)
- metal (watch movement material)
- gold (dust cap material)
- gold (watch case material)
- mineral, brilliant (watch case material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 7/8 in x 1 1/4 in x 1/2 in; 7.3025 cm x 3.175 cm x 1.27 cm
- place made
- Switzerland
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mechanisms
- Measuring & Mapping
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_852621
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-70c8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
