Hamilton Pocket Watch
date: label: date made
content: ca 1907-1910
name: label: manufacturer
content: Hamilton Watch Co.
notes: label: Description
content: The Smithsonian received this watch from J. R. Wells in memory of his father Henry Gilbert "Doc" Wells, an engineer on Southern Railroad, Washington Division, who operated steam engine No. 1401, now on exhibit in the National Museum of American History.
label: Description
content: The Hamilton Watch Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, made this watch movement about 1907. It has a full-plate nickel movement with the model name Grade 940 and a serial number 686525. It has an open-face nickel case and a white enamel railroad-style dial with not only hour numerals but also minute numerals and marks 1 through 60.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Timekeeping
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanisms
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: J. R. Wells in memory of Henry Gilbert "Doc" Wells
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ME.334015
label: catalog number
content: 334015
label: accession number
content: 306601
label: serial number
content: 686585
objectType: label: Object Name
content: watch
label: Other Terms
content: watch; Mechanical, Spring-Driven; Pocket Watch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (watch case material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (watch movement material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 2 in x 1/2 in; 6.985 cm x 5.08 cm x 1.27 cm