W. Watson & Sons
Detective camera looks like a post
office wood box covered by leather. It contains a mahogany bellow camera inside
and a shutter attached to the front face.
Below 2 buttons to
adjust the focus discreetly. The front hole permits the lens view and the back to
focus the image in the ground glass.
Both can be closed by sliding a simple
metal plate. Two eyes viewer for
Portrait or Landscape positions can also be closed by the same way.
Equipped with a fast rectilinear
5x4 lens dedicated to the 9x12cm plates
Apparently this specific model was produced to the french market to the dealer
"made for H.Carette - Paris"
Dimensions 13x22x26cm
no serial number detected.
Lens: W. Watson &
Sons- 313 High Holborn , London - 5x4 f8
to f44 sn.1533
Most probably one of my oldest cameras ... but the must is when you open and realize the big gift you won.
Detective Inside
Back
Lens 5x4 French dealer
Shutter
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