Record pocket watch, 1954
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
1954
Maker / issuer
Record
Pair case verge watch in silver gilt with shagreen (stingray skin) case pierced balance cock and foot and index dial plate, worm gear for setting mainspring, shaped square pillars, enamel dial with 5-minute numerals outside chapters, shagreen outer case with watch paper lining at back of case, no glass covering, one hand missing, serial no 87 on back plate, several marks stamped inside inner case illegible "Lindsay Duncannon". Part of the Applied Arts and Design collection. Credit Line: Gift of Mr A T Pycroft, 1954, Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 1954.26.1, H122, 33775 For more details visit <a href=" http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_humanhistory-object-15624 " 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
- Silver (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.