Lancaster Watch Camera Men's Model£15,790
10 Jun 2017 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €18,000 · lot AI_31_35648hammer ↗
Lancaster Watch Camera
camera
The Lancaster Watch Camera sells for about £18,000 (median of only 5 recorded sales, 2007–2017; indicative, old).
Typical sale price
about£18,000
median of only 5 sales, 2007–2017
Indicativeold
Few sales. Read this as a rough guide; every sale is shown below.
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
How much does one sale move this?
Without the highest sale£16,895
Without the lowest sale£19,812
Every sale
Lancaster Watch Camera Ladies' Model£21,623
13 Jun 2015 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €30,000 · lot AI_27_31397hammer ↗
Lancaster Watch Camera Men's Model£12,974
13 Jun 2015 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €18,000 · lot AI_27_32056hammer ↗
Lancaster Watch Camera£25,444
4 Dec 2010 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €30,000 · lot AI_18_11649hammer ↗
Lancaster Patent Watch Camera: Ladies model£18,000
What it is
{"overview":"The Lancaster Watch Camera is a late-Victorian novelty detective camera made in Birmingham, England, designed in the form of a pocket watch with spring-loaded fan-shaped lens panels that opened to form the body.
Generated summary, 25 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Other Watchs
Questions
Why is the price so high compared to other antique cameras?
It is a scarce Victorian novelty detective camera with very few surviving examples, and demand comes from specialist collectors of early photographic apparatus rather than from users.
Facts
- Maker
- Lancaster
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 5
- First sale
- 9 May 2007
- Latest sale
- 10 Jun 2017
- Median
- £18,000
- Middle half
- £15,790–£21,623
- Evidence
- Indicative · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Lancaster Watch Camera: about £18,000, the median of 5 recorded sales, 2007–2017 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/l/lancaster/watch-camera/