Pocket watch, 1857
UnverifiedInsufficient reliable documentation.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
1857
Watch belonging to Elisha Mitchell , which broke during his fatal fall verifying the measurements of Mount Mitchell in 1857. The watch thus shows the exact time of his death. Object belongs to the North Carolina Collection of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 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.
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.