W. WATSON & SONS, London

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W. WATSON & SONS, London
A 35mm. Sayce-Watson recording camera with black-enamelled metal body, lacquered brass fittings, black-leather square-cut bellows, sliding back, film plane magnifier, tripod bush, internal flap shutter, rack and pinion focusing and a Watson Anastigmat 2 inch f/6.3 lens no. 5649.

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This camera was manufactured by Watsons to the design of A. H. Sayce (died 1933) between 1928 and 1930. Sayce was an archeologist and the camera was designed to utilise the newly improved 35mm. film when photographing museum subjects and documents.

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