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Science Museum Group Collection
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'Ticka' watch camera outfit. Overall: 28 mm x 58 mm (dia.). Nickel-plated sub-minature camera. Two-speed time and instantaneous shutter, achromatic lens.
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:
- 1979-559/20
- Materials:
- nickel plated brass, wood, glass and tin plated metal
- Measurements:
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overall: 28 mm, 58 mm,
- type:
- sub miniature camera
- credit:
- The Arthur Frank Collection
