Title

Portable Watchclock

DateCirca 1870

Mediummetal

Dimensions3 1/4 × 5 in. (8.3 × 12.7 cm)

Object number1990.41.5.11

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionA patent (Jan. 1, 1861 and June 8, 1865) brass clock with a moving paper face dial and brass top locks (but the key is missing). The clock has a large brass hanging fob at the top. The paper disk that records the rounds of a night watchman over a twelve hour period. Small perforations are punched in the disk to record the times when the watchman checks a station.

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