Waltham pocket watch, 1933
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
1933
Maker / issuer
American Waltham Watch Company
Accession: 2014.018.001 Watch, Pocket, Gift Metal A recent new donation to Naval History and Heritage Command was a waltham pocket watch, given as a gift to the Commanding Officer of the USS Dallas DD-199 in 1933. The Dallas was commissioned in 1920 and decommissioned in 1945 and earned four battle stars in World War II. www.history.navy.mil/danfs/d1/dallas-ii.htm Collection of Curator Branch: Naval History and Heritage Command. 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.
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.
- 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.