1940 Waltham Deck Watch with Maritime Commission Significance
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- Movement - The technical name for the workings of a clock or watch, and does not include the dial or case.
- Subsidiary Dial - On a clock or watch, a subsidiary dial, also called an auxiliary dial, is a dial that is secondary to the main dial and may show seconds, day of the week or month, or strike silent. A subsidiary dial may be within our outside the main dial, and a clock or watch may have several subsidiary dials.
- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
This item has been included into following indexes:
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pocket watches, case type
- open face, silver case 514
- silver case 816
- Waltham Watch Co. (United States) - pocket watches 286
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