Patent Model - Improvement in Dust-Caps for Watches
Maker and role
George Hunter, Patentee
Production date
Jun 12 1877
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Bronze
Measurements
1 3/4 x 1/4" (4.4 x 0.6cm)
Description
Hunter's patent relates to "the construction of the class of watches known as 'American'..." His improvement "consists, principally, in combining with the barrel-recess of the top plate of a watch a barrel-bridge, which extends across the outer side of said recess, and is provided with a lip that incloses the outer edge of the same..." (Patent Number 191,967)
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Object number
2015.14.2403a,b
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