pocket watch
Also known as: ceas de buzunar
Record status
Individual type · partial
pocket watch is held by Nicolae Simache Clock Museum. Museum description: Watch with a double-cased body; the back cover made of gold and polychrome enamel is decorated centrally with a medallion containing Masonic symbols: terrestrial globe, open book, ruler, and wheel, with a marginal garland of floral and vegetal motifs in polychrome enamel; inscribed inside are the serial numbers: 4595/1125; on the middle cover, made of base metal, and on the movement appear the same serial numbers and inscriptions: LE ROY À PARIS; enameled dial with Turkish numerals for hours and lines for minutes; verge escapement; pierced balance cock; Turkish order.
The museum record gives measurements D=48 cm; weight (case)=27.83 g; C=14 K. 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.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- gold; enamel paint; steel; brass; engraving process; http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5712782
- Dimensions
- D=48 cm; G(carcasă)=27,83 g; C=14 K
Identification
- Europeana id
- /2048047/Clasate_17033de37bdb485e938526bb9bcfc078
- Museum object name
- ceas de buzunar
- Holding institution
- Nicolae Simache Clock Museum
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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