Improvements in Bracelets.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Nov., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 7th Mar., 1892-Accepted, 16th Apr., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bracelets.
:-
1, HENRY WRAY METCALFE, of the Royal Naval Barracks, Sheerness,
Engineer, R.N., do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
According to this invention the bracelet is provided with clips which are
noveable to and from cach other. The clips are made to embrace and hold a
watch between them.
The ring of the watch serves to lock the clips so that the watch may not escape
from between them. The ring and pendant of the watch are passed through an
opening in one of the clips and can only be withdrawn when the parts are so placed
that the ring and opening coincide; the watch therefore is securely held indepen-
dently of the embrace between the clips.
The bracelet is preferably made of gold or silver wire; the wire is joined so as
to be endless and it passes double around the wrist of the wearer. The terminal
loops are so fashioned as to form the clips they are spread out to a convenient
width and are bent outwards away from the wrist; they are curved so that they
will more or less overlap the watch when in position, that to say when the watch
is laid flat upon the wrist with its edge resting against the clip.
Behind the clips the wires of each loop are separated to a convenient distance
and are set parallel the one to the other and so that the sides of one loop will
enter between the sides of the other loop. Small metal straps are soldered on to
the sides of each loop to hold them together but allowing them to slide the one
on the other.
By this sliding motion the bracelet is enlarged for the entrance of the hand and
is contracted around the wrist. The closing movement separates the clips to admit
the watch between them and afterwards a slight expansion of the bracelet causes
the clips to embrace the watch tightly.
The ring and pendant of the watch are passed through the loop forming one of
the clips and in consequence of the form of the opening in the clip this can only
be done when the watch is flat upon the wrist and the ring in one plane with the
watch.
The locking is effected by pressing the watch ring inwards towards the wrist;
the ring then catches beneath a small tooth or projection provided upon the
bracelet exactly in position to receive it. Or a locking bolt independent of the
ring may be provided.
Dated this 26th day of November 1891.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bracelets.
I, HENRY WRAY METCALFE of the Royal Naval Barracks, Sheerness, Engineer
Royal Navy, 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:-
According to this invention, the bracelet is provided with clips a which are
moveable to and from each other. The clips are made to embrace and hold a
watch or other ornament between them.
The ring of the watch, or similar fitting of the ornament serves to lock the clips,
so that the watch, or ornament, may not escape from between them. The ring and

page_text: pendant of the watch, or similar fitting of the ornament are passed through an
opening in one of the clips b, and can only be withdrawn when the parts are so
placed, that the ring and opening coincide; the wateli, or ornament, therefore, is
securely held, independently of the embrace between the clips.
The bracelet is preferably made of gold, or silver wire; the wire is joined so as
to be endless, and it passes double around the wrist of the wearer. The terminal
loops are so fashioned as to form the clips they are spread out to a convenient
width, and are bent outward, away from the wrist; they are curved so that they
will more or less overlap the watch or ornament when in position, that is to say,
when the watch, or ornament, is laid flat upon the wrist, with its edge resting
against the clip.
Behind the clips, the wires of each loop are separated to a convenient distance,
and are set parallel the one to the other, and so that the sides of one loop will
enter between the sides of the other loop.
Small metal straps are soldered onto the sides of each loop, to hold them
together, but allowing them to slide, the one on the other.
By this sliding motion, the bracelet is enlarged for the entrance of the hand and
is contracted around the wrist.
The closing movement separates the clips, to admit the watch or ornament
between them, and afterwards, a slight expansion of the bracelet causes the clips
to embrace the watch or ornament tightly.
The ring and pendant of the watch or similar fitting of the ornament, are passed
through the loop forming one of the clips, and in consequence of the form of the
opening of the clip, this can only be done when the watch or ornament is flat upon
the wrist, and the ring in one plane with the watch or ornament.
The locking is effected by pressing the ring of the watch or similar fitting of
the ornament, inward, toward the wrist.
The ring then catches beneath a small tooth, or projection d, provided upon the
bracelet, exactly in position to receive it. Or a locking bolt independent of the
ring, may be provided.
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:
1. Lightness and simplicity of construction.
2. Absolute safety of the watch or ornament, as of the bracelet itself, it being
impossible to remove the same from the hand without first performing the necessary
actions in the proper order.
3. The watch, or ornament, is in no wise altered to suit the bracelet, and so
may be worn separately, in the usual manner, whether as watch, brooch, or
ornament.
Dated this 7th day of March 1892.
HENRY WRAY METCALFE.