Name/Title
stopwatchEntry/Object ID
2014.026.001Description
Merrill Harrop’s racing stopwatch. Sidney, B.C.
a) Circular watch; nickel-plated [?] metal case, with glass cover. White dial face, with 60 minutes marked in numbered 5-minute intervals, in black; each 5-minute interval is divided into 1-minute intervals and each 1-minute is divided into 5-second intervals. A smaller dial, in the top area of the face is numbered for 30 minutes, in 3-minute intervals, divided into 1-minute sections. “Swiss Made” written at bottom on main dial. Winding stem with articulating bail. Sliding starting button, with return to “0” achieved by pressing down on stem. Hinged watch back with thumbnail groove behind starting button. Attached to bail is leather strap [with several irregularly-placed slits for adjustment] with other end attached to white metal police-type whistle stamped with the logo of The Boy Scouts of Canada. Also stamped “Made in England”. A second leather strap also included.
b) Contained in a jewelry-type box with friction fit lid. Box covered with moire turquoise paper [some areas now faded]]. Box has mid-20th century type cotton batting in bottom. Taped to lid is a neatly handwritten label, in blue ink: “Merrill Harrop’s/racing StopWatch./Sidney, B.C.”Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Marshall, JoyceNotes
Accession Date: 14-Aug-14
Mode of Acquisition: GiftLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
StopwatchNomenclature Primary Object Term
WatchNomenclature Class
Timekeeping T&ENomenclature Category
Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & TechnologyCreated By
Brunckhurst, EliseCreate Date
September 21, 2014Updated By
Michael GoodchildUpdate Date
May 26, 2026