Watches, Clocks, & Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1890s Jockey Club stopwatch timer, which also has wristwatch capability. Founded on February 9, 1894 in New York, the Jockey Club was a group of thoroughbred breeders and owners wanting to bring some regulation to the sport of...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice gold-filled watch chain from the Victorian era. The chain is and openwork band with linked sides with several braided bars running parallel in between. VINTAGE: Circa 1890s. SIZE: Approximately 7-15/16" in length and 1-5/8" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1890s Swiss-made calendar and moon phase pocket watch in steel and 14 karat gold. The watch has the cursive initials HB in gold affixed to the reverse cover and a miniature Knights of Malta cross charm in enameled silver. The...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II United States Army Air Forces watch fob or charm in sterling silver. The charm is a stretched octagonal shape and is enameled in blue and bordered in a Roman key motif. It has a winged propeller at its center...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s room key fob for the Hotel John Marshall, once the largest hotel in Virginia. It opened in Richmond, Virginia in 1929 and took its name from the fourth Chief Justice of the United States. In its day it hosted many movie...

ARTIFACT: This is 1930's or earlier, possibly as early as 1910, and was most likely used as a promotional piece when buying a new Miyata Bicycle. It served a dual purpose, it would have been attached to the bicycle when new as a Guarantee of Miyata...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful circa 1930 advertising enameled watch fob for State Farm Mutual auto insurance company & the subsidiary life insurance company. The oval shaped, double-sided red and black enameled fob. On one side the center shows a cornucopia in...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa early 1900s room key fob from the grand Belvedere Hotel of Baltimore, Maryland. Opened during the 1903 holiday season, the Belvedere was a luxury establishment in the upscale Mount Vernon district. The Belvedere building...

ARTIFACT: Great 1910's - 1920's Lynn, Massachusetts key fob for Steeves Motor Co. The front of the oval fob reads: "STEEVES MOTOR CO. MACK TRUCKS LYNN 5 - 5300" and the reverse: "RETURN TO STEEVES MOTOR CO. CHRYSLER - PLYMOUTH LYNN 5 - 5300" in embossed...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1890s inn key fob from the historic Brown Square House in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Built in 1801 by shipbuilder and merchant Moses Brown, Brown Square House is a stately federal building which now contains the Garrison Inn...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 figural watch fob of a Ham Lantern, made by C (Charles) T (Trafton) Ham Manufacturing of Rochester, New York. Ham, originally from North Berwick, Maine, worked on the railroad before going into business with others and...

ARTIFACT: Nice, circa 1900's - 1910's advertising watch fob for Mergenthaler Linotype Co. in die-struck brass by The Green Duck Co in Chicago. The center of the watch fob features an elaborate, high-relief detailed image of a linotype machine. The...