This watch is published in the Ruscitti book, as no. 74.BronikoffThe First Russian Exhibition of Folk Art held in 1837 in Viatka presented works by S.I. Bronikoff, a carpenter's son, who demonstrated that wood is suitable not only for lacquer boxes and wooden spoons but also for such complex devices as watches. His watches attracted the attention of the young Russian Emperor Alexander Romanov, who purchased one. Wooden watches became the Bronikoff family tradition. Various sorts of wood were used -wart, honeysuckle, palm-wood and ivory- according to the partf the watch to be made. Bronikoff watches drew great interest wherever they were shown and won a number of awards, including the Honor Prize for wood and ivory watches at the St.Petersburg exhibition in 1870, a Silver Medal for a palm-wood watch with a palm-wood chain at the Nizhny Novgorod Russian Art Exhibition in 1896. In 1900, Bronikoff watches were sent to the Paris Universal Exhibition. Bronikoff's watches feature an unusual type of construction: rather than having the wheels installed beteen two plates, as is usually the case, the dial also serves as the pillar plate, as well as being an integral part of the case. These watches were not intended for everyday use but rather as expensive and rare souvenirs. He was not the first to apply wood to watch mechanisms in Russia, however: the Russian mechanician Kulibin used wood for some parts of his clocks and "pendulum watches". Skorodumov, a peasant of the Burga village in the Novgorod Region also used wood as the main material for hiwatches.