Record Open-face pocket watch, 1871
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
1871
Maker / issuer
Record
Watch and box, lady's keywound cylinder bar movement watch, open-faced case, 18 carat gold dial with floral design in centre, embossed case, shows repair dates engraved into back of case: - 1871, 1876, 1882, 1886 red leather box with cream silk and velvet interior, raised section in case for watch. Part of the Applied Arts and Design collection. Credit Line: Gift of Miss M G Brookes, Collection of the Auckland War Memorial Museum, 1959.78.2, H197, 35647 For more details visit <a href=" http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_humanhistory-object-11442 " 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
- Cylinder 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.