WINDER, MAINSPRING
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P19930009008
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 4.2
- Length
- 9.2
- Width
- 3.9
- Description
- STEEL TOOL C/W SPRING. CONSISTS OF BASE & POST AT 1 END. POST IS STEEL WITH GROOVE RUNNING AROUND CIRCUMFERENCE. GROOVE IS PINCHED IN 1 PLACE. MAIN SPRING LOCKED IN GROOVE AT PINCH POINT. BASE HAS SEVERAL HOLES & 1 ELLIPTICAL HOLE PURPOSELY CUT. UNKNOWN IF TOOL IS COMPLETE; APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN WELDED.
- Subjects
- WATCHMAKING T&E
- Historical Association
- TRADES
- History
- EARL WAGNESS REPAIRED WATCHES PRIMARILY AS A HOBBY BEGINNING AFTER 1949. SEE P19930009001-GA FOR MORE COMPLETE DONOR HISTORY. TOOL IS USED BY WATCHMAKER TO MAKE A MAIN SPRING OR TO REWIND A SPRING.
- Catalogue Number
- P19930009008
- Acquisition Date
- 1993-02
- Collection
- Museum
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