Hamilton Open-face pocket watch, 22 jewels, 1942
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
1942
Maker / issuer
Hamilton Watch Company
89540230 ----Object Number: 062525.FIC.003--Pocket watch, Hamilton 4992B, 22 Jewels "Navigator's Watch"; Date: 1942; Central Second, 24 Hour Dial, Open face with arabic numerals; Silver case enscribed on back with: "AN 5740, MFRS PART No. 49992B, Serial No. AF-42-33996, Contract No. W535 ac-28072, Hamilton Watch Co.; The 4992B is known as a "Navigator's Watch" as it was used by aviators to aid in navigation.--c. SDASM Documented from an openly licensed real-object photograph on Wikimedia Commons; only the details stated by that source are recorded here. Remaining specifications are marked research required rather than estimated.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Silver (as described on the source photograph page)
Technical characteristics
- Jewel count
- 22 jewels (as described by the source)
Design
- Case type
- Open-face
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
- Escapement type not documented; requires movement examination or a horological reference.
- Serial-number dating, case dimensions and weight remain untranscribed.
- No catalogue reference number is asserted; standard horological catalogues have not been transcribed for this specimen.