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Pocket watch

Datec. 1865
Location where usedJeffersonville, Vermont, United States
Mediumgold, mixed media
Dimensions1 7/16 × 3/8 × 2 1/8 in. (3.7 × 1 × 5.4 cm)
Storage: 7.3 × 2.9 cm, 3 11/16 in. (2 7/8 × 1 1/8 in., 9.4 cm)
ClassificationsMeasuring Devices
Credit LineMrs. John Benjamin
Object number1951.21
DescriptionMetal pocket watch in a brown wooden case. Case has a badge-like emblem on its top surface. Interior of case, where watch lays, is purple. Gold colored watch has engravings on its front and back. However the back of the watch has an additional engraving that includes a boat, mountains, and a building. The back of the watch has two doors, the second of which says "Patent Lever Straight Line Full Jewelled H Montanoon (?) Locle no 14094." Watch uses Roman numerals I - XIII, and has a 60 second counter that covers the VI numeral. Below watch handle is a knob that can be turned only in one direction.
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