Record Open-face pocket watch, 1948

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

1948

Maker / issuer

Record

Open face gold pendant watch, bar movement with club-tooth lever escapement, jewelled to third wheel, engraved gilt metal dial, gilt brass dome, 18ct gold engraved case. Serial No.10258 on case. Continental H.M. Part of the Applied Arts and Design collection. Credit Line: Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 1948.170, H145 For more details visit <a href=" http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_humanhistory-object-973 " 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, Brass (as described on the source photograph page)

Technical characteristics

Escapement
Lever escapement

Design

Case type
Open-face
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.
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