Improved Key for Winding Watches and for Opening Watch Cases.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Sept., 188
Complete Left, 24th Jan., 1888
Complete Accepted, 24th Feb., 1888
Improved Key for Winding Watches and for Opening Watch
Cases.
HARRY EDWARD WEBB 11, Charterhouse Buildings London E.C. Merchant do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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My invention relates to improvements in watch keys whereby means are provided
for readily opening the case of a watch previous to winding or setting the hands etc.
Heretofore watch keys & watch openers have been quite independent of & separate
from each other, persons not provided with a watch opener either use the thumb nail,
the point of a knife, or other sharp instrument which are not always successful
operations, often resulting in the breaking of the thumb nail, or in injury to the watch
case or movement.
The subject of this invention is a watch key having a portion of it shaped like the
cutting end of a carpenters chisel, or like the portion of a screwdriver that enters the
slot of a screw, or a knife edge, or any shape that can be forced in between the body
of the watch case & the bezel.
By the use of this invention damage to watch cases, watch movements & thumb
nails is minimised, because a ready & proper means is always at hand for the purpose
of opening the case.
The following is a convenient form of the improved key, the body of the key which
lies between the ring & the pipe has the edges shaped liked a screwdriver point.
HARRY EDWARD WEBB,
11, Charterhouse Buildings, London, E.C.

page_text: Improved Key for Winding Watches and for Opening Watch
Cases.
HARRY EDWARD WEBB 11, Charterhouse Buildings Goswell Road E.C. Merchant
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
My invention relates to watch keys, whereby means are provided for readily opening
the case of a watch previous to winding or setting the hands etc.
Heretofore watch keys and watch openers have been quite independent of and
separate from each other.
Persons not provided with a watch opener use either the thumb nail, the point
of a knife or other sharp instrument, which are not always successful operations,
often resulting in the breaking of the thumb nail or in injury to the watch case or
movement.
The subject of this invention is a watch key having a portion of it, shaped like the
cutting end of a Carpenter's chisel, or like that portion of a screw driver that enters
the slot of a screw or a knife edge or any other shape that can be forced in between
the body of the watch case and the bezel."
By the use of this invention damage to watch cases, movements and thumb nails is
minimised, because a ready and proper means is always at hand for the purpose of
opening the case.
The following is a convenient form of the improved key, the body of the key
which lies between the ring and the pipe has the edge shaped like a screw driver
point.
Or that part of the body most distant from the pipe has the opening point formed
upon it, and the ring is placed between the body and the pipe.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is,
1st. The formation of an edge upon a watch key, that can be used for the purpose
of opening watch cases.
2nd. A united watch key and watch case opener.
' Dated this 24th day of January 1888.