Record Open-face pocket watch, 1826

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

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.
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