Watch makers tools
Watchmakers loop (eye glass) broken but repaired.
Collection of watchmaker's tools and materials
- Made:
- 1925-1940
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Collection of watchmaker's tools and materials known to be in use in the 1930s period; jeweller's loop repaired; boley nipping tweezers; hand vice; 2 square reamers; 2 pin-tongs; watchcase opener; sharpening stone in case; square sharpening stone; 2 watchmaker's screwdrivers; pair of tweezers in case; small cross pein hammer; tin box of brass bushes; wallet with F. Kennett order form and note book; box with 1 packet of watch main springs; claw tool holder; 1/100th m.m. micrometer; box of spectacle screws; 9 watch glasses; 3 polishers (Bell metal)
Details
- Category:
- Hand and Machine Tools
- Object Number:
- 1984-380
- Materials:
- glass and bone
- credit:
- Brown, F.E.
Parts
A set of Boley nippers (tweezers).
A set of Boley nippers (tweezers).
- Measurements:
-
9.5 x 1 x 1 cm
- Materials:
- speing steel.
- Object Number:
- 1984-380/2
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Two square broach reamers, 1/8"sq and 1/16"sq..
Two square broach reamers, 1/8"sq and 1/16"sq..
- Materials:
- steel (metal)
- Object Number:
- 1984-380/4
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Square broach reamer
Square broach from a set of clock and watch making tools. Part of a pair..
More
A watchmaker would have used this square broach to enlarge holes in the watchmaking proccess.
- Measurements:
-
overall: 6 mm x 156 mm x 6 mm,
- Materials:
- steel (metal)
- Object Number:
- 1984-380/4/1
- type:
- square broach reamer
- Part of:
- 1984-380/4
Square broach reamer
Square broach from a set of clock and watch making tools. Part of a pair.
More
A watchmaker would have used this square broach to enlarge holes in the watchmaking proccess.
- Measurements:
-
overall: 4 mm x 123 mm x 4 mm,
- Materials:
- steel (metal)
- Object Number:
- 1984-380/4/2
- type:
- square broach reamer
- Part of:
- 1984-380/4
Two pin vices for holding small tools.
Two pin vices for holding small tools.
Watch makers tools
Pin vice with wooden handle .
- Materials:
- steel and wood
- Object Number:
- 1984-380/5 Pt1
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
- Part of:
- 1984-380/5
Watch makers tools
Pin vice .
- Materials:
- steel
- Object Number:
- 1984-380/5 Pt2
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
- Part of:
- 1984-380/5
Watchcase opener.
Watchcase opener.
- Measurements:
-
12 x 1 x 2.5 cm
- Materials:
- steel (metal)
- Object Number:
- 1984-380/6
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Watchmaker's tool sharpening stone in case.
Watchmaker's tool sharpening stone in case.
- Materials:
- stone , wood (unidentified) and metal (unknown)
- Object Number:
- 1984-380/7
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Square sharpening stone.
Square sharpening stone.
- Measurements:
-
1 x 11 x 1 cm
- Materials:
- stone
- Object Number:
- 1984-380/8
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Two watchmakers' screw drivers.
Two watchmakers' screw drivers.
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy) and steel (metal)
- Object Number:
- 1984-380/9
Watch makers tools
watchmakers' screw driver.
- Measurements:
-
8 x 1 cm
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy) and steel (metal)
- Object Number:
- 1984-380/9 Pt1
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
- Part of:
- 1984-380/9
Watch makers tools
Watchmakers' screw driver.
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy) and steel (metal)
- Object Number:
- 1984-380/9 Pt2
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
- Part of:
- 1984-380/9
Pair of tweezers in a case.
Pair of tweezers in a case.
- Measurements:
-
.6 x 11.2 x 2.2 cm
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy) and steel (metal)
- Object Number:
- 1984-380/10
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Small cross pein hammer.
Small cross pein hammer.
- Measurements:
-
1 x 20 x 5.5 cm
- Object Number:
- 1984-380/11
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Watch makers materials
Tin box of various bouchons (brass bushes), jewell settings and rubber washers.
- Measurements:
-
2.3 x 5 cm
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy)
- Object Number:
- 1984-380/12
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Watch makers wallet
Leather wallet and contents being:- order form for F. Kennett, watch and clock maker photographic dealer & wireless dealer dated 193-;a stub pencil; faded black and white photograph of a bird's nest.
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy)
- Object Number:
- 1984-380/13
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
watch makers materials
A cardboard sales box for a 'Premier Geneva' main spring and a 'Nivaflex Geneva' main spring with reverse curvature in a packet .
- Materials:
- spring steel
- Object Number:
- 1984-380/14
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
watch makers tools
A claw tool holder.
- Materials:
- spring steel
- Object Number:
- 1984-380/15
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
watch makers micrometer
A 0-1"micrometer reading to 0.01 mm ,not of a style normally associated with a watchmaking.
- Materials:
- steel (metal)
- Object Number:
- 1984-380/16
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Nine assorted watch glasses.
Nine assorted watch glasses.
- Measurements:
-
3.3 cm
- Materials:
- glass
- Object Number:
- 1984-380/17
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
spectacle screws
Small box of spectacle screws.
polishing tools
Three polishers modified by having claws ground in their ends for prising.
oiler
Watchmaker's oiler, with ferrule to avoid damage to point ( ferrule is a small brass drive pulley pushed onto oiler.
self portrait of artisan
Self portrait photograph of Fred Kennett, watch and clock maker of Bordon, Hampshire, taken c 1930.
