Record pocket watch, 1942

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

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.
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