Pocket watch "Hoch à Liestal"

Pocket watch "Hoch à Liestal" is held by Archaeology and Museum Baselland. Museum description: Verge pocket watch by watchmaker W. Hoch from Liestal with watch chain.

Nickel case, bordered with a simple pattern. Enamelled white dial with black Roman numerals, inscription "Hoch à Liestal" and square hole at the numeral 1 for winding the watch with a key. Filigree copper watch hands. A domed, laterally hinged glass cover with metal bezel protects the dial. Elaborate brass movement. Movement engraved in cursive script "Hoch" and "à Liestal". The movement can be swung out. The watch has a fusee-and-chain drive.

The flexible watch chain (approx. 1.4 cm wide and 29.5 cm long) dates from 1902 and consists of many narrow links. At the end of the chain there is a ring clasp for attachment to clothing. The watch is fastened to the chain with a small snap hook. The Liestal watchmaker Wilhelm Hoch (1750-1826) was from e The museum record gives material recorded as Silver; Glass; Copper; Brass; Metal; place associated: Liestal. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.