Accession No

6526

Brief Description

stopclock (aka stopwatch), wind-up, by W. G. Pye and Co. Ltd., English, c. 1960

Origin

Cambridge, England

Maker

W. G. Pye and Co. Ltd.

Class

mechanical horology; laboratory apparatus

Earliest Date

1950

Latest Date

1970

Inscription Date

Material

plastic; metal (steel; brass); paper; paint

Dimensions

146mm (w) x 115mm (d) x 145mm (t)

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred by an individual from the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge on or before 27/07/2012.

Inscription

[Printed on face:]
START STOP
W. G. PYE & CO. LTD. PYE CAMBRIDGE
RETURN MINUTE HAND TO ZERO IN CLOCKWISE DIRECTION ONLY
MADE IN ENGLAND
[Embossed and painted on front two feet:]
MECHANICS RES. C.U.E.L.

Description Notes

Stopclock (aka stopwatch), wind-up, by W. G. Pye & Co., English, c. 1960.

Laboratory stopclock in black plastic case, with circular face and dial with three triangular feet. Seconds hand, minute hand, and free-moving pointer hand, which can be positioned by rotating thumb-turn in centre of dial face. Circular scale reads 0 to 60, graduated in increments of 1, and labelled every 10.

Steel bolt slides through body of clock horizontally behind face, and is slid right to start clock and left to stop it. Thumb turn on rear of case rotates minute hand. Metal key on rear of case for winding clockwork mechanism.

Embossed and painted in white on front two feet is:
MECHANICS RES. C.U.E.L.

Printed on face of dial is:
START STOP
W. G. PYE & CO. LTD. PYE CAMBRIDGE
RETURN MINUTE HAND TO ZERO IN CLOCKWISE DIRECTION ONLY
MADE IN ENGLAND

Condition: Fair / complete. Considerable dirt residue on body and face.

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