Gold repoussé pair case verge pocket watch
Record status
Individual type · research required
This object is a pair case verge pocket watch featuring an enamel dial with gold beetle and poker hands. The inner case has a gilt stirrup bow, while the outer case is decorated with fine gold repoussé work depicting two soldiers, a woman, and a horse.
The movement has a verge escapement, pierced cock, foot and index dial plate, shaped square pillars, and a worm and wheel set-up. It is marked with serial number 5743. The watch forms part of the Applied Arts and Design collection from the Mackelvie Trust Board (1932), held on loan by Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Case
- Gilt stirrup bow inner case; fine gold repoussé outer case depicting two soldiers, a woman, and a horse
- Dial
- Enamel dial with gold beetle and poker hands
- Material
- Gold (as described on the source photograph page)
Technical characteristics
- Movement
- Verge escapement, pierced cock, foot and index dial plate, shaped square pillars, worm and wheel set-up
- Escapement
- Verge escapement
Design
- Case decoration
- Enamel, Repoussé
Identification
- Holding institution
- Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira (Collection of the Mackelvie Trust Board)
- Serial or inventory number
- Serial number 5743; accession/loan number 1932.233, H212
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.