Record Open-face pocket watch, 1826
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
1826
Maker / issuer
Record
Open face pocket watch with patent lever escapement (no safety roller of guard pin), under-sprung steel balance with diamond end-stone, jewelled to third wheel with Liverpool windows, maintaining power, dust cap, silver dial with applied gold numerals and stars seconds dial, sub-dial, heavy gold case with floral engraving at edge. on name bar."3782". engraved on back plate. Hallmarked Chester 1826, 18ct gold, 'J.H.Hargreaves" mustard coloured velvet case with blue velvet and satin lining, enclosed are two winding keys, one with retailer's name stamped on "W MAUD / NEWTON / AUCKLAND / N.Z." and "WATCH / MAKER / AND / JEWELLER" Part of the Applied Arts and Design collection. Credit Line: Gift of Mrs E Hawell, 1937, Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 1937.86, H108, 23171 For more details visit <a href=" http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_ 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, Steel (as described on the source photograph page)
Technical characteristics
- Escapement
- Lever escapement
Design
- Case type
- Open-face
- 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.