The Pocket Chrono
Camera
The Pocket Chrono
Gaumont
Spring motor cine camera
1912
Wood, leather, metal, and glass
Overall: 7 7/8 × 6 1/2 × 2 15/16 in. (20 × 16.5 × 7.5 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1978.0191.0092
DescriptionBlack, leather-bound, rectangular, 15mm, hand-cranked motion picture camera with small fixed focus lens, waist-level viewfinder and clockwork motor.
Inscriptions Engraved in metal and inked in black on product label on front of camera: L. GAUMONT & Cie., 57, Rue Saint-Roch, 57, PARIS / Stamped in leather on front of camera: 235 / Engraved in metal on lens barrel on front of camera: Darlot, Paris AD [monogram] / Engraved in metal on lens mount on front of camera: 341
