Record pocket watch, 1907

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

1907

Maker / issuer

Record

Pocket watch that belonged to donor's father gentleman's silver pocket watch with hunting case, full engraved case with cartouche and initials on front; full plate going lever; undersprung, dummy fusee, cut balance; one watch paper in back of case, hallmarked "Sheffield 1907", serial number "55843" on dust cap and case and in copperplate script on case "John Thomson", enamel dial with sub-dial, Roman chapters. Part of the History collection. Credit Line: Gift of Miss M Thomson, Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 1967.165, col.1777, H193 For more details visit <a href=" http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_humanhistory-object-8859 " 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)

Technical characteristics

Escapement
Lever escapement

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

  • 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.
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