Camerer Kuss & Co 18k gold key wind half hunter pocket watch with 9k gold chain, 1881
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
London Hallmark for 1881
This piece is an 18-karat gold key wind half hunter pocket watch, retailed by Camerer Kuss & Co of 522 Oxford Street, London. The watch features an engine-turned hinged case with a blue Roman numeral chapter ring on the front cover.
The dial is white with black Roman numeral hour markers, a black outer minute track, and a subsidiary seconds dial located at the six o'clock position. It is equipped with blued steel double spade hands. The movement is a gilt three-quarter plate English lever design, featuring a cut and compensated bi-metallic balance, numbered 31600. The case, also bearing the number 31600, is stamped with the maker's initials J.S.
The watch is presented with a 9-karat gold chain and a key. The overall diameter of the watch is 49 mm. It conforms to the London hallmark for 1881.
Evidence at a glance
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Physical characteristics
- Diameter
- 49mm
- Material
- 18K gold (watch case), 9K gold (chain)
Technical characteristics
- Balance
- Cut and compensated bi-metallic
- Winding
- Key wind
- Movement
- Gilt 3/4 plate English lever
Design
- Dial
- White with Roman numerals
- Hands
- Blued steel double spade
Identification
- Source note
- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
- Maker named in listing
- Camerer Kuss & Co
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.