Wristwatches · Wristwatch
Wristwatch, 1990s
- Maker / attribution
- Unrecorded in source
- Date
- 1990s
- Historical period
- Mechanical Renaissance (1990 – 2010)
- Country of origin
- Unrecorded in source
- Object type
- Wristwatch
- Materials / technique
- glass, metal
- Dimensions
- diameter, dial: 4 cm; length: 10.5 cm
- Holding institution
- Satakunnan Museo
- Accession / object no.
- SME21378:6
- Credit line
- Satakunnan Museo (via Finna)
- Catalogue title (original)
- kello; rannekello (Finnish)
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Record summary
Held and catalogued by Satakunnan Museo (object number SME21378:6), this is a wristwatch, dated 1990s. The Atlas places it in the Mechanical Renaissance period (1990 – 2010) of its Wristwatches collection. Materials and techniques recorded by the source: glass, metal. Recorded dimensions: diameter, dial: 4 cm; length: 10.5 cm. The record is illustrated with 2 photographs.
Assembled from the source record's structured fields. Dates and attributions are given as the source states them; where a field is missing the Atlas leaves it blank rather than estimating.
Catalogue description
Description — Satakunnan Museo
fyysinen kuvaus: Metallinen rannekello. Kellotaulu musta, pyöreä, sen reunassa kuusi uloketta joissa merkit 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, ja ylimmässä kaksi nuolta alaspäin. Merkkien välissä mustat raidat. Kellotaulun alareunassa digitaalinen näyttö, sen yläpuolella syvennetty varsinainen kellotaulu, jossa pienet hopean väriset tunti-, minuutti- ja sekunttiviisarit. Tunnit merkitty numeroilla ja vihreillä neliöillä, minuutit ja sekunnit pienin valkoisin viivoin syvennyksen reunaan. Kellotaulussa paljon kirjoitusta ja numeroita valkoisella. Kellon reunassa neljä tappia, joista toinen oikeassa reunassa kierrettävä nuppi. Ranneke yhtenäinen, metallinen, moniosainen, lukko takana.
Shown in the original language of the source catalogue. An editor-reviewed English translation has not yet been published; we do not publish machine translations as authoritative text.
Inscriptions & marks
tuotemerkintä: Stainless steel back; water resistant; base metal; Allegro; Japan movt, kellotaulun takana; tuotemerkintä: Allegro; Water 30m resist; guartz; tachymeter; Km/h; Water 50m resist, valkoinen kirjoitus, kellotaulussa; tuotemerkintä: 100% Stainless steel; Hong Kong, kaiverrus, lukon sisäpuolella
Historical context
Mechanical Renaissance (1990 – 2010)
Mechanical watches return as cultural objects; independent watchmaking flourishes.
Mechanical watches returned as cultural and luxury objects. Complications, tourbillons and new materials proliferated; independent watchmakers such as George Daniels, F.P. Journe and Philippe Dufour revived artisanal watchmaking; collecting vintage watches became a major field.
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Atlas type guide
Wristwatches
Bracelet watches were worn by women from the early nineteenth century — Breguet made one for Caroline Murat, Queen of Naples, in 1810–12 — but the wristwatch only became a man's instrument with military use and aviation in the early twentieth century. Between the World Wars it overtook the pocket watch; the 1920s and 1930s brought rectangular Art Deco cases, water-resistant cases and the first automatic winding systems.
After 1945 the wristwatch became a carrier of identity — dress watches, sports and dive watches, chronographs, calendars — produced by Swiss, American, Japanese, German, Soviet and Chinese industries. The quartz revolution after 1969 and the mechanical renaissance since the 1990s, including the rise of independent watchmakers, complete the story.
What to look for
- The reference number (between the lugs or inside the case back) and serial number, the starting point for dating.
- The calibre: its maker and number are often stamped under the dial or on the bridge.
- Originality of dial, hands and crown — refinished ('redial') dials are common.
- Case material marks: 18K/750, 14K/585, stainless steel, gold-filled, plated.
Dating clues
- Wire-lug cases: before c. 1925.
- Water-resistant screw-down cases: from 1926.
- Quartz movements: from 1969; sapphire crystals widespread after c. 1980.
General guidance written by the Atlas editors about this kind of object. It is not a statement about this particular piece; for that, rely on the source record above and on physical examination.
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