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While it might be OK to stub this out unsourced we should get some sources in it ASAP. Here are a few ideas. Add more! --Justanother 23:21, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The approximately five pound circular watchclock was enclosed in a black leather pouch attached to a leather strap and carried over their shoulder. Inside buildings mounted near doors, were watchclock stations comprised of a small metal box with a hinged lid, which contained a numbered key affixed by a twelve-inch chain to the box. The watchman would insert the metal three-inch key into the clock, rotate it and a time stamp would be pressed onto a roll of paper locked inside the clock.