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Patent Model for the Improvement in Stem-winding Watches

American History Museum

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    Object Details

    licensee

    Gontard, P. H.

    inventor

    Gontard, Pauline H.

    Description (Brief)

    Pauline Hortense Gontard, of Cortébert, Switzerland, submitted this brass model with her patent application for an improvement in the winding mechanism in a stem winding watch or keyless watch. By the time, she applied for the patent in the United States in 1879, American watchmakers were mass producing watches and competing with European watch makers.
    Stem winding watches were invented by a French clock maker in 1842 and patented in Europe in 1845. Before this time a key was necessary to wind a watch mechanism.

    Location

    Currently not on view

    date made

    1879

    patent date

    1879-10-07

    ID Number

    ME.309088

    catalog number

    309088

    accession number

    89797

    patent number

    220,233

    Object Name

    watch, part of
    watch part
    patent model, watch part

    Object Type

    Patent Model

    Other Terms

    watch, part of; Mechanical, Spring-Driven; Pocket Watch

    Physical Description

    metal (overall material)

    Measurements

    overall: 2 3/4 in x 2 1/8 in x 1/2 in; 6.985 cm x 5.3975 cm x 1.27 cm

    place made

    United States

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    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Subject

    Timekeeping

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-a85f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_852282

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