Record pocket watch, 1942
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
1942
Maker / issuer
Record
Gold watch made by George Graham, London. Probably a forgery. Once the property of the late Judge Martin of Russell. quarter dumb repeating verge pocket watch, large diamond end-stone, beetle and poker hands, fusee pivoted through balance wheel, enamel dial, stirrup bow, dome glass case Part of the History collection. Credit Line: Gift of Miss E G Martin, 1942, Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 1942.92, col.0963.1, H181, 26559.1 For more details visit <a href=" http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_humanhistory-object-11454 " 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 (as described on the source photograph page)
Technical characteristics
- Escapement
- Verge escapement
Design
- Case decoration
- Enamel
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.