Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Watch, Pocket |
Catalog Number |
94.50.9 |
Collection |
Watch |
Date |
c. 1885 |
Description |
C 1885 19 lignes, Bridge, Nickel, 21 jewels, Stem wind, Lever set, Hunting Case 6 Inner case engraved "To my friend Simon Sterne / Fayette Stratton / MAKER / Locle, Suisse / March 1883 / F. S. Giles" A brother among the Giles family who started the U.S. Watch Co. in Marion, New Jersey, Fayette Stratton ran retail shops in both Chaux de Fonds and Locle. He was involved with the U.S. Watch Co. for less than ten years. |
Maker |
Fayette Stratton Giles |
Material |
Nickel |
Place of Origin |
Locle, Switzerland |
Notes |
Accessioned 34667 11 slides in slide cabinet 1 Updated by Cara M. Lower 8/12/14 |