Sector Watch
Artist
Record Watch Co.
(Swiss, active 1903 - 1916)
Date1903-1916
MediumSilver, enamel, steel
Dimensions73 x 58.7 x 12.7 mm
ClassificationsT&E FOR TIMEKEEPING
Credit LineProctor Collection, Frederick T. Proctor Watch Collection
Terms
Object numberPC. 179
Descriptionsilver case fan-shapedSwiss
Case- Fan shaped, the pendant formed from from folded drapery, the case back decorated with oak leaves and acorns, pine bough and pine cones. Trees in the background
Movement: gilt keyless, jewelled to third wheel, over coiled hairspring and compensation balance.
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Label TextA sector watch uses only a portion (sector) of a circle to perform its timekeeping and display functions. An ingenious mechanism advances each hand to its end point and then quickly returns each one to its starting position. Thus after twelve hours the hour hand springs back to zero; the minute hand operates similarly over a sixty-minute interval. It is estimated three thousand to five thousand of these watches were made.
