Improvements in or relating to Watches or Watch Holders.
Year: 1897

page_text: I, ARTHUR THOMAS BRITTON, of 67, Regent Street, in the County of Middlesex,
Jeweller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to watches or watch holders and has reference to the means
for securing a watch upon the person.
In carrying out the invention I employ a brooch pin as the means for securing
the watch to the person of the wearer and sometimes I secure the pin directly and
permanently upon the case of the watch, though I may make it independently with
a suitable attachment so that I can remove the watch and substitute any suitable
front or ornamentation so that the attachment may be used as an ordinary brooch.
Where the pin is attached direct to the watch case the joint and fastening may be
simply soldered or otherwise secured upon the back of the case, or they may be
carried upon a separate plate which can be secured to the watch-case. If desired
this plate may be hinged or otherwise secured so as to be removable and serve with
the case as a locket in which a photograph, hair ete. could be placed. In another
form the brooch pin could be carried by an ornamental setting which would be
permanently attached to the watch-case or again might serve as a locket.
Where the fastening device was intended to be used as a brooch as well as a
watch-carrier, I prefer to make it of an ornamental description and to adapt it to
receive either the watch or some brooch face or ornamentation and to screw the
watch in or otherwise fix it with a spring or other secure fastening. If a screw is
employed a spring catch may be used to prevent the screw from becoming undone.
In this case also provision for the locket may be made so that when the watch
is removed the interior of the locket is revealed or the brooch face may be itself the
locket or the locket may be in or upon the watch case.
Dated this 25th day of Novembar 1807
Improvements in or relating to Watches or Watch Holders.
I, ARTHUR THOMAS BRITTON, Jeweller, of 67, Regent Street, London, W., 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:-
This invention relates to watches or watch holders and has reference to the
ineans for securing a watch upon the person.
In carrying out the invention I employ a brooch pin as the means for securing
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page_text: the watch to the person of the wearer and sometimes I secure the pin directly and
permanently upon the case of the watch, though I may make it independant with a
suitable attachment so that I can remove the watch and substitute any suitable
front or ornamentation so that the attachment may be used as an ordinary brooch.
Where the pin is attached direct to the watch case the joint and fastening may be
simply soldered or otherwise secured upon the back of the case. One such con-
struction is by way of example illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying
drawings,
Fig. 1 being a perspective view of the front,
Fig. 2 a similar view of the back.
The pin A is secured at A' to one of two ornamental extensions B' attached to
the watch case B. The fastening C is similarly secured to the other extension B¹
Or the pin A and fastening may be carried by a separate plate which can
be secured to the watch-case and, if desired this plate may be hinged or otherwise
secured so as to be removable and serve with the case as a locket in which a photo-
graph, hair etc. could be placed.
In another form the brooch pin could be carried by an ornamental setting which
would be permanently attached to the watch-case or again might serve as a locket.
Where the fastening device was intended to be used as a brooch as well as a
watch-carrier, I prefer to make it of an ornamental description and to adapt it to
receive either the watch or some brooch face or ornamentation and to screw the
watch in or otherwise fix it with a spring or other secure fastening. By way of
illustration one such construction is shown in Fig. 3 of the accompanying drawings.
The ornamental projections B₁ are secured to the rim B of an outer casing B5
which is adapted to receive a watch or other article such for example as photo-
graph. A cover or front D) is provided for the casing having preferably a glazed
aperture or window 1', and notches B2, B3 are formed in the rim 13 to receive
the neck E of the watch stem and the hand setting plunger respectively 80
that the latter and the bow E and winding knob 3 are accessible when the watch
is in the casing. The pin is shown at A.
In this construction the casing 13 and its cover 1 may form at will a bronch
or locket or a receptacle and fastening for a watch. If the watch is screwed in, a
spring catch may be used to prevent the screw from becoming undone. In this
case also provision for the locket may be made so that when the watch is removed
the interior of the locket is revealed or the brooch face may be itself the locket
or the locket may be in or upon the watch case.
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. The combination with a watch of a brooch pin A and hook such as C both
carried upon the watch substantially as described or illustrated in Figures 1 and 2
of the accompanying drawings.
2. The combination with a watch of a casing which receives the watch and is
provided with a brooch pin A and hook such as C both carried upon the casing.
with or without a cover D substantially as described or illustrated in Figure 3 of
the accompanying drawings.
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