International Watch Co. minute repeater hunter pocket chronograph, circa 1900
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
circa 1900
Maker / issuer
IWCThe object is an International Watch Co. minute repeater hunter pocket chronograph. In terms of its design, the piece is configured as a hunter case watch that functions as both a repeater and a chronograph, and it is fitted with a yellow gold hunter case. There are no specific inscriptions, legends, or dial texts recorded for the item.
The recorded material of the watch is gold, described as a yellow gold case. No production techniques or physical dimensions are provided in the documentation. The pocket chronograph is dated to circa 1900 and was made in Switzerland by International Watch Co. (iwc). It is preserved in the collection of the IWC Museum, with no inventory or object number specified in the catalogue entry.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 2
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
The International Watch Company was originally founded in Switzerland in 1868 by the American watchmaker Florentine Ariosto Jones. Following bankruptcy, the firm was transferred to the Rauschenbach family in 1880. Operating as a Swiss luxury watch manufacturer located in Schaffhausen, the company produced chronographs among its notable watch designs, including pocket chronographs manufactured around 1900.
Physical characteristics
- Case
- Yellow gold hunter case
- Material
- Gold (as described on the source photograph page)
Design
- Case type
- Hunter case, Repeater, Chronograph
Identification
- Holding institution
- IWC 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
- Escapement type not documented; requires movement examination or a horological reference.
- Jewel count and calibre not documented.
- 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.