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Pliers   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Lucien Hugoniot-Tissot
Title
Pliers
Object type Classification: 96717
Description
English: Bow opening and closing pliers steel and brass tool. Three pincers, two have notches on their opposing sides; one has a curved brass plate with graduated grooves in surface. Flexible steel rod in between handles acting as a spring. Marked on handles "L. HUGONIOT-TISSOT" and "MODÈLE DEPOSE". before the advent of of wrist watches, the pocket watch usually had a chain attached to a bow or ring on the watch case. If a bow became worn or damaged, a tool such as these pliers simplified its replacement. The old bow was stretched open and removed with the noticed part of the pliers, and the new bow was closed inwards to fit into the holes in the pendant tube of the case by squeezing it against the brass part of the pliers.
Date circa 1950
date QS:P571,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
; 20th century; 06 May 2004; 02 Jun 2004
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length: 160mm
width: 82mm

depth: 20mm
institution QS:P195,Q758657
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2004.51.16
Place of creation France
Credit line Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2004.51.16
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