Pathfinder Pocket Watch
date: label: date made
content: 1920
name: label: manufacturer
content: E. Ingraham Company
notes: label: Description
content: This is the Pathfinder, an inexpensive watch model made by E. Ingraham and Company, Bristol, Conn. These “dollar watches” made by Ingraham and other firms were easier to make than high-grade watches and very much in demand. They got their nickname in 1896 when such timekeepers began to sell for about $1. In contrast, the best pocket watches from other American watchmaking firms at the time could cost over $150. Because they were inexpensive, “dollar watches” were often giveaways during promotions for other products or marketed for children.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Bristol
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanisms
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: James Arthur Collection, New York University
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0416.169
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0416.169
label: accession number
content: 1984.0416
objectType: label: Object Name
content: watch, dollar
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 7/8 in x 2 1/8 in x 5/8 in; 7.3025 cm x 5.3975 cm x 1.5875 cm
label: Measurements
content: ring: 3/4 in; 1.905 cm