Record Open-face pocket watch, 1966
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
1966
Maker / issuer
Record
Full plate undersprung fusee lever pocket watch, jewelled to third wheel. Steel balance with diamond endstone. Flush seconds dial. Heavy open faced 18 ct. gold case with enamel dial and second sub-dial. CM stamped inside back case and hallmarked with crown 18. Part of the Applied Arts and Design collection. Credit Line: Gift of Mrs C G Kernick, Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 1966.52, H64 For more details visit <a href=" http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_humanhistory-object-6845 " 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, Steel (as described on the source photograph page)
Technical characteristics
- Escapement
- Lever escapement
Design
- Case type
- Open-face
- 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.