Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2011.047.002 |
Object Name |
Wristwatch |
Title |
A Soldier's WALTHAM Wristwatch |
Lexicon category |
5: T&E For Science & Technology |
Date |
20th-century |
Year Range from |
1916 |
Year Range to |
1919 |
Artist |
American Waltham Watch Company |
Made |
Waltham |
Place of Origin |
Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America |
Description |
Man's WALTHAM wristwatch. It has a plain, black and brown leather wrist strap. The top side is black, while the underside is brown. The silvertone back of the watch was engraved with "PRESENTED TO / K. R. McKAY / 147 BN. / by LEITH FRIENDS". The watch face has large Arabic numerals, as well as a small seconds dial. One piece of the strap is now detached from the watch. It has seven adjustment holes. |
Makers mark |
WALTHAM |
Provenance |
Manufactured by Waltham, in Massachusetts. Dates to the 20th-century. Belonged to Kenneth Russel McKay, then belonged to his grandson, Jim Parker of Calgary, Alberta. It was last owned by Donna Mills-McKay, of Owen Sound. There are archival items in Grey Roots concerning the McKays of the Leith area. |
Collection |
Personal Gear |
Material |
Metal/Leather/Glass/Enamel/Steel |
Dimensions |
W-1.378 L-8.858 D-0.394 inches |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
McKay, Kenneth Russell |
Subjects |
World War I (First World War/The Great War) Clocks & watches |
Search Terms |
147th Grey Battalion 58th Battalion Leith (Village and area of) |
Function |
Timepiece |