Pocket watch, verge
Also known as: Fickur, spindel
Record status
Individual type · partial
Pocket watch, verge is held by Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology. Museum description: Pocket watch, verge escapement, in gold case. Marked inside the case: "P J F "1?#4124".
Wound from the front with a key. Little or not at all used.; Foreign manufacture. Reportedly belonged to John Ericsson. The museum record gives material recorded as Metal, precious (silver, gold, platinum); measurements Weight 0.08 kg; Diameter 51.0 mm. 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
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Metall, ädel (silver, guld, platina)
- Dimensions
- Vikt 0.08 kg; Diameter 51.0 mm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- image/jpeg; text/plain
Identification
- Europeana id
- /916118/S_TEK_object_TEKS0022744
- Museum object name
- Fickur, spindel
- Holding institution
- Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology
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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