Watchmaker's Gauge

Object/Artifact

Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Watchmaker's Gauge

Entry/Object ID

2009.016.012

Description

Small, rule-shaped gauge, one end finished with a convex curve, the other finished with a "mushroom cap". Gauge has black background with silver-coloured markings. One gauge face has partial length of one edge marked in millmeters from 0-60 and the other partial length of edge marked in units from 2-24, and titled "Lignes" [see also 009.16.16 for a gauge with a scale titled "Line"] The remainder of the gauge face is printed with a lozenge logo: "Newall" in the interior and "Trade" "Mark" across the two top sides. Title block reads: "Newall/Systems/are/Time Savers". Reverse face has partial lower edge printed with a scale marked out in various units and titled: "American Movement Sizes" [designated as 26/0, 22/0 etc]. The remainder of this face has the same logo and title block as the other side.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Rust, Connie

Notes

Accession Date: 08-Jul-09 Mode of Acquisition: gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Gauge

Nomenclature Class

Weights & Measures T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

watchmaker's gauge

Created By

Jones, Isabel

Create Date

June 16, 2010

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

October 25, 2023