Record Open-face pocket watch, 1872
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
1872
Maker / issuer
Record
Silver open faced pocket watch with chain and key, ¾ plate cylinder escapement pocket watch, enamel dial with sub dial, machine engraved case, long link chain with hook release attached to bow and brass key attached to top link of chain hallmarked "Birmingham 1872" serial # "40025" on case Part of the History collection. Credit Line: Gift of Dr/Mr A W B Powell, 1967 Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 1967.64, H189, col.1476 For more details visit <a href=" http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_humanhistory-object-11859 " 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
- Silver, Brass (as described on the source photograph page)
Technical characteristics
- Escapement
- Cylinder escapement
Design
- Case type
- Open-face
- Case decoration
- Enamel, 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.