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Wheel and barrel gauge

human history
  • Description

    Wheel gauge, brass, 3-23mm by 1/4 mm

    rectangular brass tool with curved sides. 58 circular indentations on one side and 23 on the other. Each indentation has a measurement and a circular hole in its centre.

    Although the diameter of wheels for watches was usually measured in millimetres, the mm was sometimes divided into fractions, such as eighths and quarters. This gauge measures in quarters of a mm.

  • Accession Number
    2004.44.33
  • Accession Date
    21 May 2004
  • Other Id

    H298 (horology)

  • Department

    Applied Arts and Design

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  • Wheel and barrel gauge, 2004.44.33, H298, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • Wheel and barrel gauge, 2004.44.33, H298, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • Wheel and barrel gauge, 2004.44.33, H298, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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