Pocket Watch
date: label: date made
content: ca 1890
name: label: maker
content: American Waltham Watch Co.
notes: label: Description
content: A Washington, D.C., policeman, Thomas Oriani, received this watch as a Christmas present in 1890 from the jewelers on his Seventh Street beat in appreciation for his keeping a protective eye on their businesses.
label: Description
content: The watch movement—marked “Appleton, Tracy & Co., Waltham, Mass.” and with serial number 4299303—was made by the American Waltham Watch Company.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Mechanisms
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: William J. Oriani, Mrs. Edith Oriani Fitzgerald, Mrs. Ethel Oriani Reel, Mrs. Helen Oriani Collins
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ME.315931
label: catalog number
content: 315931
label: accession number
content: 225007
objectType: label: Object Name
content: watch
label: Other Terms
content: watch; Mechanical, Spring-Driven; Pocket Watch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (watch case material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel (watch movement material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/8 in x 2 in x 1/2 in; 7.9375 cm x 5.08 cm x 1.27 cm