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English: A gold pocket watch made by the Elgin National Watch Company of Elgin, Illinois, cir.1919, with the back open showing the movement of the watch. There is an inscription on the inside back cover "Presented by Esquesing Township and Citizens of Glen Williams to Private Wilson Heaton - 92 - Battalion - 1919" Private Wilson Heaton was born in Southowram, Halifax, UK but moved to Canada, living in Glen Williams, Esquesing Township, Haton County, Ontario. He enlisted with the 92nd Battalion (48th Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, and fought in the trenches in World War I in Europe. He returned to work as a stone cutter in the quarries around Glen Williams after the war ended.
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Movement of an Elgin pocket watch. cir.1919

Items portrayed in this file

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Elgin National Watch Company

escapement

clock

chain

cogwheel

gold

watch

pocket watch

creator

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author name string: Ken Heaton
Wikimedia username: Ken Heaton

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source of file

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Canon PowerShot A430

inception

17 December 2006

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0.1 second

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2.8

focal length

5.4 millimetre

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