Record Hunter case pocket watch, 15 jewels, 1986

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

1986

Maker / issuer

Record

Pocket watch with demi hunter case keyless 15 jewel Swiss movement, machine engraved case with chapters on outside of case around opening, metal dome, stem wound and set, enamel dial with second sub-dial, blue hands. on dial: West End Watch Co/ Competition/ Bombay, Calcutta/ Swiss Made. dome engraved: Presented to A.Monro by his friends and brother workmen at Bilaspur hallmarked 18K Part of the Applied Arts and Design collection. Credit Line: Gift of Dorothy Munro, Collection of the Auckland War Memorial Museum, 1986.252, H424 For more details visit <a href=" http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_humanhistory-object-10100 " 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
18 carat gold (as described on the source photograph page)

Technical characteristics

Calibre
Calcutta
Jewel count
15 jewels (as described by the source)

Design

Case type
Hunter case
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

  • Escapement type not documented; requires movement examination or a horological reference.
  • 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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