Record Fob watch pocket watch, 1875
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
1875
Maker / issuer
Record
Fob watch with sovereign case 18 ct. gold lady's fob watch with engraved hunting case, gold dial with floral design at the centre and makers name "MATHEY GENEVE", key wind and cylinder escapement. Engraved in the back with "Charlotte Taylor". Double gold chain with gold plate sovereign case and winding key attached, engraved on outside of sovereign case with the initials "JMD", stamped inside of the sovereign case "TRADE MARK / A.L.D / DENNISON / WATCH CASE CO. / 676", stamped around inside edge of sovereign case "[GOLD] PLATE GUARANTEED TO WEAR 20 YRS". Original sales receipt dated June 21st, 1875, purchased in Invercargill. dark burgundy leather box with gold detailing, lined with blue velvet, etched on base "TAYLOR" glazed wooden frame with black felt backing, previously held receipt Part of the Applied Arts and Design collection. Credit Line: Gift of Mr Stewart Taylor, 1980, Collecti 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
- Fob watch
- 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.