Watch, Waltham Riverside
date: label: date made
content: ca 1879
name: label: manufacturer
content: American Waltham Watch Co.
notes: label: Description
content: This watch, made by the American Watch Company in Waltham, Mass., dates from 1879. The firm was an important force in both watch and machinery design in the 19th century.
label: Description
content: Details:
label: Description
content: Movement: spring going barrel, ¾ plate, gilt finish, 14 size, stem wind and lever set, bimetallic compensation balance, regulator on bridge, marked: “Amer..n Watch Co../Riverside./WALTHAM, MASS./1143246”; back of front plate marked: “WOERDS PATENTS”
label: Description
content: Case: engraved hunting, yellow gold, marked inside dial and back covers: “6052094”
label: Description
content: Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, blued steel hands, sunk seconds with Arabic numerals at 6, marked: “AMERICAN WATCH CO.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanisms
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: W. Carl Wyatt Estate
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ME.317280
label: catalog number
content: 317280
label: accession number
content: 230383
objectType: label: Object Name
content: watch
label: Other Terms
content: watch; Mechanical, Spring-Driven; Pocket Watch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gilded (watch movement production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (watch movement material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (watch case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 2 in x 1/2 in x 2 in; 6.35 cm x 5.08 cm x 1.27 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: ring base: 7/16 in x 3/4 in; 1.11125 cm x 1.905 cm