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Clock/Watchmaking Gauge, Late 19th/ Early 20th Century

Inventory Number 42353


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.42353

Item type
Object
Provenance
Not ascertained.
Physical material
Glass
Metal
Copper Alloy
Object type
Clock
Dimensions
Height: 83mm Width: 62mm Depth: 18mm Weight: 96g
Inventory No
42353

Description

Dial with a glass domed cover including a 360 scale mounted on a copper alloy plate with a lever at the bottom to move the hand. Common type of gauge at this time used for making very fine measurements of small watch parts. The calliper-jaws at the top are opened by the lever at the bottom, turning the central hand around the dial, graduated to 360 degrees. In case.