Open Face Pocket Watch
Object Details
- manufacturer
- Rockford Watch Co.
- Description
- The Rockford Watch Company, in business near Chicago between 1873 and 1915, made high-quality watches, mostly for railroad men.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- A. E. Edmonds
- 1876
- patent date
- 1874-06-02
- ID Number
- ME.330353
- catalog number
- 330353
- accession number
- 288889
- Object Name
- watch
- pocket watch
- Other Terms
- watch; Mechanical, Spring-Driven; Pocket Watch
- Physical Description
- brass (watch movement material)
- silver (dust cap material)
- silver (watch case material)
- gilded (watch movement production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 5/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 7/8 in; 9.2075 cm x 6.35 cm x 2.2225 cm
- ring: 7/8 in; 2.2225 cm
- place made
- United States: Illinois
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mechanisms
- Measuring & Mapping
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_852049
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-a609-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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