'Ticka' Watch Camera
- Made:
- 1908 in unknown place
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License'Ticka' watch camera with lid open by Houghton Limited, c. 1908
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'Ticka' watch camera with lid closed by Houghton Limited, c
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
'Ticka' watch camera by Houghton Limited, c. 1908, with instruction booklet and diagram sheet.
A very popular metal miniature camera in the form of a pocket watch. It was designed to use roll film, 17.5mm wide, contained in a special cardboard drop-in cartridge. The lens, carried in the winding stem, had to be covered by a screw-on cap between exposures. No viewfinder was fitted but a clip-on finder was available as an optional extra.
The Ticka camera was introduced in 1905 and offered for sale until approximately 1914. The camera was a licensed copy of the Expo Watch camera, made by the Expo Camera Company in the United States.
Details
- Category:
- Photographic Technology
- Object Number:
- 1978-310
- Materials:
- nickel plated, steel (metal), brass (copper, zinc alloy), paint, glass and paper (fibre product)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 80 mm x 60 mm x 25 mm, .082 kg
- type:
- detective camera, miniature camera and film camera
