Record Hunter case pocket watch, 1931
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
1931
Maker / issuer
Record
Watch oval alarm with silver back and front pierced brass sides, Verge escapement with pierced cock and foot. Index dial is an 18th century alteration replacing hog's bristle. Divided square pillars. Fusee and gut. Engraved silver dial with single hand and gold touch pins on champlevé chapter ring. Case has pierced brass sides and silver covers. Early watch glass fixed to front cover, demi-hunter style. Back cover has rotating winding hole covers. Part of the Applied Arts and Design collection. Credit Line: Collection of the Mackelvie Trust Board, 1931, on loan to Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 1932.233, H89, 17720, 664 For more details visit <a href=" http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_humanhistory-object-8250 " 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
- Gold, Silver, Brass (as described on the source photograph page)
Technical characteristics
- Escapement
- Verge escapement
Design
- Case type
- Hunter case
- 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.