Object Details
- Waltham Watch Company
- Description
- This tiny watch, with a movement made by the American Watch Company, Waltham, Mass., was the gift of Philip Cadmus to his fiancée Augusta Francis Stipp in 1906, shortly before their marriage.
- Cadmus, a watchmaker, had his photo applied to the dial. The gold case, engraved with the monogram “A.F.S.”, is the hunter style, with a cover over the dial of the watch and the winding stem positioned at three on the dial. The movement is serial number 11647977. Preserved with the watch are its protective cloth sack and velvet-covered presentation box.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Mrs. Marion E. Hardwick
- 1906
- ID Number
- 1981.0691.01
- catalog number
- 1981.0691.01
- accession number
- 1981.0691
- maker number
- 735
- Object Name
- pocket watch, lady's
- Physical Description
- metal (watch movement material)
- gold (dust cap material)
- gold (watch case material)
- Measurements
- overall, closed: 2 3/16 in x 1 1/2 in x 7/16 in; 5.55625 cm x 3.81 cm x 1.11125 cm
- overall, open: 1 3/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 4.445 cm x 5.715 cm
- ring: 7/16 in x 5/8 in; 1.11125 cm x 1.5875 cm
- place made
- United States
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- Work and Industry: Mechanisms
- Measuring & Mapping
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1203493
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-740f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
