You are looking a Pocked-watch-style camera manufactured under the licence from the Expo Camera Co. of New York the " TICKA " identical to the Watch Camera in a beautiful condition with the following outfits :

- one view-finder

- one cup attached by a chain

- one Direction for using the Ticka Watch Camera ;

(A bit of History ).....For more than 35 years  from the time of the first American patent by Magnus Niell on 6th September 1904 the Expo was the most popular watch form camera. The Swedish inventor, Magnus Niell, also worked for the British company Houghton and it's successors. The British patent for the Ticka ( "every tick a picture" )  was applied for 14th October 1903. Three more patents in 1908 included a developing device, focal plane shutter and a drop in film cartridge.  The camera is 2 1/8 x 7/8 inches and weighs 2 3/4 ounces. The roll film is sufficient for 25 exposures on a strip 17.5mm wide and about 42cm long. The frames are 5/8 x 7/8 inch (16x22mm). The spools were fitted inside a simple cartridge which meshed with the film winding key. The shutter is approximately 1/25th and there is also a time setting. The cap, attached by a chain, has to be on the camera when it is armed so not to expose the film. The Expo shutter is not self-capping, meaning that arming the shutter exposes the film.  Once the shutter was armed, the cap could be removed and the shutter release pressed to make the exposure.  The lens, fixed focus 30mm f/16, was protected by the 'winder' which was in fact a lens cap. Some models had an f/6.5 lens. The early versions used a lever to open the camera to change the film. Later versions clipped on and had a raised edge to assist in removing to access the film chamber. The film counter advanced on every complete turn of the winged winder incrementing in odd numbers only. One half turn moved on a single frame.  In 1908 the British Journal Photographic Almanac announced two new models. The first is called the Watch Face Ticka and the monogrammed top was replaced with a pocket watch face with the hands fixed at seven minutes past ten, roughly indicating the angle of the picture. The second model introduced was the focal plane Ticka camera from the patent in 1908. The upgrade included a focusing Cooke f/6.5 lens and an adjustable focal-plane shutter with five speeds of 1/75, 1/100, 1/150, 1/200 and 1/400 and time. The original Ticka sold for 8s 6d (0.375GBP), the watch face Ticka was 10s 6d (0.525GBP) and the focal plane Ticka for £2 10s (2.50GBP). The watch face Ticka was still listed in 1914 but the focal plane Ticka had disappeared before and is hence the rarest of the production models. From it launch the Ticka was accompanied by three forms of finder: two waist level and one optical direct finder, a time shutter, printing box, post card printing box, developing outfit, printing frame, negative box, photographic album and a Ticka tripod. The camera was sold in two different outfits. The impact of the Ticka was undoubtedly affected by the introduction of the Ensignette but remained on the Houghton's catalogue until 1918 although it is unlikely that any were made after the outbreak of war in 1914. One other production model of the Ticka was made in 1906. The Silver Ticka was made of solid sterling silver instead of the nickel-plated brass of the other models and bore hallmarks to that effect. The success of the Ticka was seen elsewhere. In Germany it was patented in 1904 and in the USA the patent of 6th September 1904 was quickly taken up by the Expo Camera Co who manufactured the camera from 1905 - a year before the British Houghton production. The lever to open the film chamber was simplified to a clip on with a raised edge to assist in levering. An even later variation moved the number counter to the top, near the lens and the counter was incremented with each half turn.

A Must addition to your collection.