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).
Watchmaker's Hand Vice.
Watchmaker's Hand Vice.
Two square broach reamers, 1/8"sq and 1/16"sq..
Two square broach reamers, 1/8"sq and 1/16"sq..
Two pin vices for holding small tools.
Two pin vices for holding small tools.
Watchcase opener.
Watchcase opener.
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
Square sharpening stone.
Square sharpening stone.
Two watchmakers' screw drivers.
Two watchmakers' screw drivers.
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy) and steel (metal)
- Object Number:
- 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
Small cross pein hammer.
Small cross pein hammer.
- Measurements:
-
1 x 20 x 5.5 cm
- Object Number:
- 1984-380/11
Watch makers materials
Tin box of various bouchons (brass bushes), jewell settings and rubber washers.
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.
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 .
watch makers tools
A claw tool holder.
watch makers micrometer
A 0-1"micrometer reading to 0.01 mm ,not of a style normally associated with a watchmaking.
Nine assorted watch glasses.
Nine assorted watch glasses.
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.
