The Silver Ticka pocket watch outfit
- Object Number:
- 1979-559/19/1
- type:
- sub miniature camera
The Silver Ticka pocket watch outfit. Fitted with an Achromatic lens. Outer case of metal. Houghton. c.1908
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
- Collection:
- Arthur Frank Collection
- Object Number:
- 1979-559/19
- Materials:
- metal (unknown)
- type:
- sub miniature camera
- credit:
- The Arthur Frank Collection
Parts
The "Ticka Printing Box"
- Object Number:
- 1979-559/19/2
- type:
- printing box
