Record pocket watch, 1885
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
1885
Maker / issuer
Record
Swiss fake American-style movement in English case, a cheap watch designed to impress by its appearance. Going barrel. Key winding. Engraved silver dial with applied numerals. Engraved case. Serial No.17593 on movement and case. Casemaker F.M. H.M.Birmingham 1885. Part of the Applied Arts and Design collection. Credit Line: Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, H150 For more details visit <a href=" http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_humanhistory-object-4240 " 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 (as described on the source photograph page)
Design
- 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
- Escapement type not documented; requires movement examination or a horological reference.
- 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.