Pocket watch, circa 1920
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
circa 1920
Hebdomas eight day pocket watch, circa 1920. Musée d'Horlogerie of Le Locle (Switzerland). The name of the model 'Hebdomas' was a trademark registered in 1906. Maker Schild & Cie, La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland). Swiss patent by Irénée Aubry, CH88A, 10 January 1889 and certificate of addition CH2E, 21 January 1889 when it was added the famous balance bridge visible. 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.
Identification
- Model
- hebdomas
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.