Description | English: Clock face with Roman numerals, showing a time of a quarter to one |
Date | 1906 |
Source | Advertisement in The Smart Set (https://books.google.com/books?id=CX9HAAAAYAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=%22smart%20set%22&pg=RA1-PP25#v=onepage&q&f=false) |
Author | Anonymous |
Category Archives: Clocks & Watches
Hamilton Watch, the Watch of Railroad Accuracy
Description | English: Hamilton watch, from a 1922 advertisement |
Date | 1922 |
Source | Advertisement in National Geographic (https://archive.org/details/nationalgeographic19220101/page/n1/mode/2up?view=theater) |
Author | Anonymous |
Charlemagne Receives a Water Clock, by Harold DeLay

Description | English: “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. |
Date | 1922 |
Source | Advertisement for Elgin watches in Shadowland (https://archive.org/details/phojun22chic/page/n539/mode/2up?view=theater) |
Author | Harold S. De Lay |
Studebaker Pocket Watch
Description | English: Pocket watch, from an advertisement in a 1924 magazine |
Date | 1924 |
Source | Advertisement in Motion Picture Magazine (https://archive.org/details/motionpicturemag28brew/page/n481/mode/2up?view=theater) |
Author | Anonymous |
Pocket Watch
Description | English: Side view of a pocket watch |
Date | 1912 |
Source | Adapted from an advertisement in ‘The ‘Baltimore and Ohio Employes Magazine (https://archive.org/details/baltimoreohioemp03balt/page/n95/mode/2up) |
Author | Anonymous |
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Eaton’s 17-Jewelled Adjusted Nickel Watch
Description |
English: Pocket watch from a 1909 catalogue
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Date | |
Source | Eaton’s catalogue (https://archive.org/details/eatons190900eatouoft/page/n137) |
Author | Anonymous |
Alarm Clock
Description |
English: Alarm clock from an 1885 catalogue
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Date | |
Source | Silber & Fleming catalogue (https://archive.org/details/SilberandFlemingIllustratedPatternBookofFurniture1885v2/page/n85) |
Author | Anonymous |
Marble Mantel Clock
Description |
English: Marble mantel clock from an 1885 catalogue
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Date | |
Source | Silber & Fleming catalogue (https://archive.org/details/SilberandFlemingIllustratedPatternBookofFurniture1885v2/page/n85) |
Author | Anonymous |
Nickel Watches for Young Men
Description |
English: An inexpensive pocket watch from a 1911 catalogue
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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
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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
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Date | |
Source | United Watch & Jewelry Company catalogue, 1911 (https://archive.org/stream/goldsilversmiths00uwjcuoft#page/n7/mode/1up) |
Author | Anonymous illustrator |
Single-Bell Alarm Clock
Description |
English: A cheap alarm clock from a 1911 catalogue
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Date | |
Source | United Watch & Jewelry catalogue, 1911 (https://archive.org/stream/goldsilversmiths00uwjcuoft#page/n51/mode/1up) |
Author | Anonymous illustrator |