Record pocket watch, 1893
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
1893
Maker / issuer
Record
Hunting case pocket watch 18 carat gold case and watch, quarter repeating movement with one minute sub-dial inserted at 6 o'clock, stem wound, pin set, cut balance with overcoil spring, enamel dial, blue hour, minute and second hands, flat glass cover. Case has no decoration, hallmarked inside case. engraved on dome: "Presented to Edwin Bamford by the members of the legal profession in the Hawkes Bay Registration District 28th Sept 1893 " serial number on case: "27817" and "18c 817[ ] " Part of the Applied Arts and Design collection. Credit Line: Gift of Miss Nancy R Bamford, 1985, Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 1985.79, H422 For more details visit <a href=" http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_humanhistory-object-1203 " rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections</a> Images released under a CC-BY licence. Auckland M 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)
Design
- 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
- 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.