Record Open-face pocket watch, 1960
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
1960
Maker / issuer
Record
Swiss lever pocket watch made for English market, right angle lever banked on escape pinion, club tooth, open face case with enamel dial with second sub-dial, silver machine engraved case. The watch has a bar and loop closure attached to a long silver link chain. The loop has a lion on the top of it. continental hallmark Kay & Compy, Worcester on dial, chain hallmarked Birmingham. Sterling silver hallmarks inside back and number 210747 Part of the Applied Arts and Design collection. Credit Line: Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 1960.131, H195, 36207 For more details visit <a href=" http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_humanhistory-object-5907 " 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
- Lever escapement
Design
- Case type
- Open-face
- Case decoration
- Enamel, 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.