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Join this channel to get access to perks: Join us on Patreon. Visit A Jerry Fairbanks production, “Time Telling Through the Ages” is a color film from the late 1940s that highlights the changing face and design of decorative watches throughout history. Made for US Time Corporation (aka Timex Group), the film includes reenactment footage from the 17th-19th centuries as well as examples of antique decorative and fob watches. (Note: the film originally had a soundtrack, but this surviving print does not.) Circular alarm clock, brown rim placed on top of lace doily (1:36). Sleeping man wakes to turn off alarm, wearing red striped pajamas, stretches and yawns (1:49). Young woman sees her boyfriend off by the front door, boyfriend in suit checks watch (1:56). Wristwatch gray leather straps (2:00). Punch cards in shelving display, employee punches card in wooden wall hanging clock (2:14). Man in suit reads newspaper at diner counter, red jukebox in background (2:21). Wristwatch with brown straps (2:28). Housewife turns off timer, checks pot (2:36). Little girl reads picture book, red watch with Mickey Mouse (2:50). Nurse stands next to patient, uses wristwatch to check vitals (3:07). Conductor climbs down perhaps Santa Fe train locomotive ladder, he and dispatcher consult watch fob (3:32). Cargo ship at sea (3:57). Perhaps American Airlines Douglas DC-6 taking off (4:02). Hand wrapped around stop watch (4:09). Perhaps 17th century clock-smith at work, medieval-style wall hanging tapestry (4:23). Close-up intricate engraved silver details 17th century pocket watches (4:35). Exterior details of perhaps engraved ivory box with images of Jesus and the Crucifixion, carved clock inside box (6:23). More close-ups intricate silver carving decorative details 17th century pocket watches (6:44). Woman sits at vanity in 17th century gown adorned in jewels, baroque-style wallpaper, candelabras (7:36). Close-up tiny clock pendant with crystal covering (7:51). Various examples of pendant clocks (8:15). Tiny silver skull rotates, Latin inscription around skull, clock inside skull (9:23). More examples of intricately carved and shaped clock pendants (10:20). Pendants with Baroque oil painting on cover - divine imagery (11:52-18:36). Man with 18th century England Georgian-style hair sits in room reading manuscript by candlelight (18:37). Man pulls out watch fob from coat, close-up of watch face (18:46). Examples of watch fobs from 18th century: some intricately carved silver, gold others featuring Rococo miniature painting (19:04). Close-up watch fob with changing miniature Rococo portraits (20:18). 18th century Daniel Quare Clock-Watch (21:02). Rococo painting resembling The Triumph of Venus painted on watch casing (22:05). Man sits on golden chair in what appears to be 18th century French high-society court attire, holds up different watches presented by court attendant (22:31). Close-ups of miniature watches - engraved silver, bronze, gold, miniature paintings (23:18). Jewel encrusted clock ring (25:18). Close-up other clock ring - bronze (25:27). Watch fobs with painted chains and engraved metal work (25:55). Same 18th century French man in office using quill and ink, checks miniature decorative clock on desk with small bird (26:28). 18th century French fob watches - engraved silver, bronze, jewel encrusted (27:09). 18th century Ferdinand Berthoud Pocket Watch (28:04). Woman adorned in jewels and 18th century French high-society dress presented with harp-shaped broach containing watch (28:19). Examples of decorative miniature watches in various shapes - Lute, pear (29:13). Man dressed in 18th century British attire stands in front of burgundy velvet curtains and inspects butterfly-shaped box, one wing contains tobacco the other a watch (29:40). Fob watches - Rococo portraits (30:15). Lucite fob watch with interior mechanisms visible (31:08). Pearl encrusted watch with Rococo miniature (31:36). Perhaps 19th century Chinese man in study, porcelain decorative arts, wood carved furniture (31:54). Close-up sculptural watch with porcelain engraving (32:29). Close-up Opulent 19th century fob watches - miniature paintings, blue sapphire and diamonds (32:45). Women's convertible 19th century lipstick watch (34:30). Woman in blue early 19th-century Regency Era gown holds pearl encrusted heart-shaped watch (36:18). Regency Era decorative miniature watch - tulip-shaped (37:24). 19th century fob watches (37:45). R.H. Ingersoll & Bro. Yankee pocket watch (40:08). Camera pans numerous miniature decorative watches laid out on display table (41:14). This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
