Record pocket watch, 1907
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.