 The Ticka was made in 1906 by the English company Houghton. It was the size and shape of a pocket watch of the day, and was the brainchild of Swedish engineer Magnus Niéll. The lens of the camera was hidden behind a metal cap in the “winding stem” of the “watch”. It took a cartridge of film, only 17.5 mm wide, which gave 25 exposures, each one just 15 x 23 mm in size. Houghton claimed that more than 10,000 Tickas were sold in the first three months that the camera went on sale. Return to home page |