Pair Cased Watch
date: label: date made
content: ca 1812-1825
notes: label: Description
content: In a style common in the second half of the eighteenth century, this watch has two silver cases that nest one inside the other. The inner case of the pair holds the watch movement and provides access to the movement through holes for winding and setting. The outer case protects the inner contents from shock and dust.
label: Description
content: Dating from about 1815, this is one of the earliest watches made in the United States. The movement is engraved: “Luther Goddard and Son/ Shrewsbury/ No. 351.” Goddard reportedly made six hundred watches in Shrewsbury and Worcester, Mass., and trained his sons Daniel and Parley in the craft.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ME.315879
label: catalog number
content: 315879
label: accession number
content: 224777
label: serial number
content: 351
objectType: label: Object Name
content: watch
label: Object Name
content: pocket watch
label: Other Terms
content: watch; Mechanical, Spring-Driven; Pocket Watch
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in x .625 cm; 8.255 cm x 5.715 cm x 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: enameled dial: 1 13/16 in; 4.60375 cm