Chinese market full hunter duplex escapement silver pocket watch
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
19th century
This nineteenth-century full hunter pocket watch is reported by the dealer to have been made for the Chinese market and equipped with a duplex escapement. The watch features a silver case measuring 49 mm in diameter that opens via a release button on the pendant.
Its white enamel dial displays black Roman numeral hour markers, an outer minutes track, and centre seconds, paired with pierced decorative hands. According to the seller, the gilded movement is fully engraved, finished with blued screws and a Maltese cross stopwork, and is wound and adjusted using an accompanying key.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Technical characteristics
- Case
- Full Hunter silver case
- Date
- 19th century
- Dial
- White enamel with roman numerals
- Type
- Full hunter pocket watch
- Diameter
- 49 mm
Design
- Dial and Hands
- The watch features a white enamel dial marked with black Roman numeral hour indices bordered by an outer railway minute track. Three centrally mounted hands are present, consisting of an hour hand, a minute hand with clover-like pierced accents, and a slender centre seconds hand. The seller describes these as original hands with centre seconds over a white enamel dial with Roman numerals. In the provided frontal photograph, no subsidiary dials are recorded, presenting an open layout arranged around the sweep seconds hand.
- Visible features
- • White enamel dial featuring black Roman numeral hour indices and an outer minute railway track. • Three centrally mounted hands, including an hour hand and minute hand with clover-like pierced accents and a slender centre seconds hand. • Full hunter silver case shown open, with high-polish interior cover reflecting the dial. • Pendant with rounded bow positioned at 3 o'clock relative to the dial layout. • Fine coin-edge reeding along the outer circumference of the case middle.
- Case Construction
- The timepiece is housed in a silver full hunter case measuring 49 mm in diameter. The pendant and rounded bow are positioned at 3 o'clock relative to the dial arrangement, and fine coin-edge reeding runs along the outer circumference of the case middle. The seller reports that the case is finely engraved on both sides and incorporates a working opening button. In the available photograph, only the opened front hunter cover is visible, showing a high-polish interior cover that reflects the dial, leaving the outer engraved surfaces not recorded in the image.
- Movement and Escapement Attribution
- The seller describes the movement as a 19th-century gilded caliber made for the Chinese market and equipped with a duplex escapement. According to the listing, the movement is entirely engraved, detailed with blue screws and a Maltese cross stopwork, and is supplied with a key for winding and adjustment. Because the inner dust cover and movement are not shown in the provided photograph, the mechanical layout, engravings, and escapement cannot be confirmed visually. No signatures or hallmarks are recorded in the available image, leaving these attributes as reported by the seller.
Identification
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked source listing or collection record. Attribution and specifications are source-reported and have not been independently authenticated.
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
- Research required: The movement, inner dust cover, and outer engraved exterior surfaces are not visible in the provided photograph.
- Research required: No maker signatures or hallmarks are visible in the supplied image.