Pocket watch, 1844
UnverifiedInsufficient reliable documentation.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
1844
Watch 1844-5 Chester Mark TB Silver and glass Watch cases were one of the most common forms of silver ownership. Nearly 3 million watchcases were assayed in London in 1900. The Goldsmiths\' and Siversmiths\' Comapny devoted 14 pages of its 1896 catalogue to watches, which cost between £2 10s and £200 Gift of Mrs Celia Lawson 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
- Gold, Silver (as described on the source photograph page)
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
- Maker not stated on the source photograph page; requires a signed movement or case examination.
- 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.