Watch, Pocket
- Object Name:
- Watch, Pocket
- Object ID:
- 1994.527.09
- Description:
- Watch, pocket, jewelled decorations, gold. Brass, slightly-distorted bail, that pivots through crooked top mount on top of stem. Convex, white enameled dial with black Arabic numbers. Minute ticks. Minutes counted by "15". Winding hole near 2 o'clock. Name on dial above "6": "MAURIS A GENEVA" on curve. Bezel with 45, small rhinestones, side-by-side around perimeter. Back of watch, convex, copper-colored, unpolished surface. Rhinestones around edge of it. Two stones missing. Edges of front and back meet at middle rib around edge. Front bezel with finished gold-tone surface on inside edge. Some irregular holes on inside edge near stem and one near 6 o'clock position. Works pivot outward at hinge at 12 o'clock. Gold-tone plates for mechanism. Plate diameter: 1.79". Simple filigree cover over balance wheel. Symmetrical repetitive design of curlycues in cover. Flat disc adjacent to balance wheel with some ticks engraved around outside edge and some symbols on top near balance wheel cover. Verge and fusee mechanism. Four round pillars. Loose gear wheel visible from edge near balance wheel. Inside of back of case in gold tone, polished. Stamped "1667" near center of back. Number of scratches on surface. Some letters scratched into surface.
- Material:
- Metal
Gold
Glass - Dimensions:
- H-3.35 W-2.35 D-0.8 inches Weight-4.323 oz
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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