Watson Stereo

W. Watson & Sons, Manufacturers
313 High Holborn
London, England

ca. 1885 - 1890

Established in 1837 as opticians and scientific instrument makers and one of the leading camera and photographic apparatus makers in the United Kingdom. Watson was awarded no fewer than forty-two Prize Medals from 1886 - 1900. This magnificent 6 1/2” x 4 1/2” stereo tailboard camera has copious amounts of brass fittings. It has matching Dallmeyer rapid rectilinear lenses and a single Dallmeyer rectilinear lens for portrait and landscape use. It has two sets of leather-cased waterhouse stops and a working Thornton Pickard roller blind shutter. A stunning camera!