Category Archives: Clocks & Watches

Charlemagne Receives a Water Clock, by Harold DeLay

DescriptionEnglish: “The Value of Time,” by Harold DeLay, from an advertisement for Elgin watches. It depicts Charlemagne receiving the gift of a water clock sent by the Caliph Haroun-al-Raschid.
Date1922
SourceAdvertisement for Elgin watches in Shadowland (https://archive.org/details/phojun22chic/page/n539/mode/2up?view=theater)
AuthorHarold S. De Lay

Nickel Watches for Young Men

Description
English: An inexpensive pocket watch from a 1911 catalogue
Date
Source United Watch & Jewelry Company catalogue, 1911 (https://archive.org/stream/goldsilversmiths00uwjcuoft#page/n7/mode/1up)
Author Anonymous illustrator

Description
English: An inexpensive pocket watch from a 1911 catalogue
Date
Source United Watch & Jewelry Company catalogue, 1911 (https://archive.org/stream/goldsilversmiths00uwjcuoft#page/n7/mode/1up)
Author Anonymous illustrator

Description
English: An inexpensive pocket watch from a 1911 catalogue
Date
Source United Watch & Jewelry Company catalogue, 1911 (https://archive.org/stream/goldsilversmiths00uwjcuoft#page/n7/mode/1up)
Author Anonymous illustrator