Record pocket watch, 1812
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
1812
Maker / issuer
Record
Verge pocket watch, open dial verge watch, key wind through dial, but winding square also on back plate, yellow gold and rose gold dial with engraving, engraved balance cock not pierced, rose gold stirrup bow, bull's eye glass. London hallmarked 1812. Serial number 5240 on name bar. Part of the Applied Arts and Design collection. Credit Line: Collection of the Mackelvie Trust Board, Auckland, 1885, (646), on loan to Auckland War Memorial Museum, 1932.233, H70, 17703, 5240 For more details visit <a href=" http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_humanhistory-object-13840 " rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections</a> Images released under a CC-BY licence. Auckland Museum 2019 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 (as described on the source photograph page)
Technical characteristics
- Escapement
- Verge escapement
Design
- Case decoration
- Engraved
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
- 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.