Pocket Watch

Description:

The Peoria Watch Co., Peoria, Ill., made this high-grade watch. The movement is marked with the company’s name and serial number 17672. The dial indicates the watch could be used for railroad timekeeping, where the most reliable watches and clocks were fundamental to safe and efficient operation. The definition of a railroad watch changed over time and varied among railroad companies in the nineteenth century, but by about 1920 generally accepted, closely specified standards governed almost every detail of watch construction for railway use.

Date Made: ca 1887

Manufacturer: Peoria Watch Co.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1982.0518.001Catalog Number: 1982.0518.001Accession Number: 1982.0518Serial Number: 17672

Object Name: pocket watchwatchOther Terms: watch; pocket watch; Mechanical, Spring-Driven; pocket watch

Measurements: overall, watch: 2 7/8 in x 2 in x 3/4 in; 7.3025 cm x 5.08 cm x 1.905 cmstem: 1 in x 7/8 in; 2.54 cm x 2.2352 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-7066-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1203403

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