Record pocket watch, circa 1920
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
circa 1920
Maker / issuer
Record
Quarter repeating lever pocket watch. Openfaced gunmetal case with gilt push-piece at side to enable the wearer to know the time without looking at the watch, and gilt bow and crown. circa 1920, enamel dial with sub dial. Case Serial No.100170. 'swiss Made' on dial. Part of the Applied Arts and Design collection. Credit Line: Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, H240 For more details visit <a href=" http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_humanhistory-object-2505 " 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
- Gunmetal (as described on the source photograph page)
Technical characteristics
- Escapement
- Lever 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.