Wristwatch

Object/Artifact

Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Wristwatch

Entry/Object ID

82.87.1

Description

Material: metal and leather. Size of case: 1 1/4" diameter. Description: brown, two-piece leather strap - strap passes through loops and under metal watch case - a second narrower strap holds watch and also weaves through the openwork of a metal crystal guard to show numbers on watch face - small "second" hand at bottom of watch face - numerals printed at every tenth second - radium coated Arabic numerals designate hours, hour and minutes hands - condition: stem winder detached, crystal broken, internal rust, worn finish.

Context

Watch was given to a McCollam relative at time of World War I.

Cataloged By

Legacy Artifacts Import

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Wristwatch

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Watch

Nomenclature Class

Timekeeping T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Deaccession

D.82.87.1

Create Date

January 12, 1988

Update Date

November 21, 2024