Talk:Watchclock
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Sources
[edit]While it might be OK to stub this out unsourced we should get some sources in it ASAP. Here are a few ideas. Add more! --Justanother 23:21, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
- http://www.police.ips.k12.in.us/IPSP+HISTORY/History+1/Custodian+Security+Officer/default.aspx
- http://www.watchclocks.org/Types/types.html (as already mentioned elsewhere)
- User:Kukkurovaca/Watchclocks Someone is thinking about this (but not recently).
- http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/history/year_1930.html
- http://www.employeetimeclocks.com/watchman-clocks.htm
- http://www.universitypoliceman.com/A History of the U.M.K.C. Police Department.pdf
The approximately five pound circular watchclock was enclosed in a black leather pouch attached to a leather strap and carried over their shoulder. Inside buildings mounted near doors, were watchclock stations comprised of a small metal box with a hinged lid, which contained a numbered key affixed by a twelve-inch chain to the box. The watchman would insert the metal three-inch key into the clock, rotate it and a time stamp would be pressed onto a roll of paper locked inside the clock.