Patent Model - Improvement in Dial Attachments for Stem-Winding Watches
Maker and role
Charles Corliss, Patentee
Elgin National Watch Company, Assignee
Production date
Dec 09 1879
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Copper
Measurements
1 3/4" (4.4cm)
Description
Corliss's patent "relates to those stem-winding watch movements that are intended to be equally adapted to open-faced and hunting cases, and are now more or less known to the trade as 'interchangeable' watch-movements; and it is applicable only to those movements in which there is no fourth-staff second-hand, though there may be a center or sweep second-hand." (Patent Number 222,460)
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Object number
2015.14.3070a-d
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