Lady's Pocket Watch
date: label: date made
content: 1906
name: label: maker
content: Waltham Watch Company
notes: label: Description
content: This tiny watch, with a movement made by the American Watch Company, Waltham, Mass., was the gift of Philip Cadmus to his fiancée Augusta Francis Stipp in 1906, shortly before their marriage.
label: Description
content: Cadmus, a watchmaker, had his photo applied to the dial. The gold case, engraved with the monogram “A.F.S.”, is the hunter style, with a cover over the dial of the watch and the winding stem positioned at three on the dial. The movement is serial number 11647977. Preserved with the watch are its protective cloth sack and velvet-covered presentation box.
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: Mrs. Marion E. Hardwick
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0691.01
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0691.01
label: accession number
content: 1981.0691
label: maker number
content: 735
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pocket watch, lady's
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (watch movement material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (dust cap material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (watch case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, closed: 2 3/16 in x 1 1/2 in x 7/16 in; 5.55625 cm x 3.81 cm x 1.11125 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, open: 1 3/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 4.445 cm x 5.715 cm
label: Measurements
content: ring: 7/16 in x 5/8 in; 1.11125 cm x 1.5875 cm