Fob watch pocket watch, circa 1850
UnverifiedInsufficient reliable documentation.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
circa 1850
Exhibit in the National Museum of American History, Washington, DC, USA. This item is in the public domain because it is property of the national museum. Photography was permitted in the museum without restriction. 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.
Design
- Case type
- Fob watch
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.