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Chinese market full hunter duplex escapement silver pocket watch

Partially verified

This nineteenth-century full hunter pocket watch is reported by the dealer to have been made for the Chinese market and equipped with a duplex escapement. The watch features a silver case measuring 49 mm in diameter that opens via a release button on the pendant. Its white enamel dial displays black Roman numeral hour markers, an outer minutes track, and centre seconds, paired with pierced decorative hands. According to the seller, the gilded movement is fully engraved, finished with blued screws and a Maltese cross stopwork, and is wound and adjusted using an accompanying key.

Dial and open front cover of the silver full hunter pocket watch
Dial and open front cover of the silver full hunter pocket watch — Antiquariato Cherubini Zorzella / Proantic. Rights pending — permission not yet requested. Original source

Catalogue identity

Source
www.proantic.com
Category
Pocket watch · Full hunter pocket watch
Maker / attribution
Not established
Reference
Not recorded
Catalogue / lot identifier
1557878
Source-reported date
19th century
Country
Not established

Source-reported attribution and specifications are not independent authentication. A listing does not establish present ownership, current display, availability or permission to reproduce.

Object description

Dial and Hands

The watch features a white enamel dial marked with black Roman numeral hour indices bordered by an outer railway minute track. Three centrally mounted hands are present, consisting of an hour hand, a minute hand with clover-like pierced accents, and a slender centre seconds hand.

The seller describes these as original hands with centre seconds over a white enamel dial with Roman numerals. In the provided frontal photograph, no subsidiary dials are recorded, presenting an open layout arranged around the sweep seconds hand.

Evidence for this section
  • “White enamel dial featuring black Roman numeral hour indices and an outer minute railway track.”
  • “Three centrally mounted hands, including an hour hand and minute hand with clover-like pierced accents and a slender centre seconds hand.”
  • “White enamel dial with roman numerals.”
  • “Original hands with centre  seconds.”

Case Construction

The timepiece is housed in a silver full hunter case measuring 49 mm in diameter. The pendant and rounded bow are positioned at 3 o'clock relative to the dial arrangement, and fine coin-edge reeding runs along the outer circumference of the case middle.

The seller reports that the case is finely engraved on both sides and incorporates a working opening button. In the available photograph, only the opened front hunter cover is visible, showing a high-polish interior cover that reflects the dial, leaving the outer engraved surfaces not recorded in the image.

Evidence for this section
  • “Full Hunter silver case with working opening button.”
  • “The case is finely engraved on both sides.”
  • “Diameter 49 mm”
  • “Pendant with rounded bow positioned at 3 o'clock relative to the dial layout.”
  • “Fine coin-edge reeding along the outer circumference of the case middle.”
  • “Full hunter silver case shown open, with high-polish interior cover reflecting the dial.”

Movement and Escapement Attribution

The seller describes the movement as a 19th-century gilded caliber made for the Chinese market and equipped with a duplex escapement. According to the listing, the movement is entirely engraved, detailed with blue screws and a Maltese cross stopwork, and is supplied with a key for winding and adjustment.

Because the inner dust cover and movement are not shown in the provided photograph, the mechanical layout, engravings, and escapement cannot be confirmed visually. No signatures or hallmarks are recorded in the available image, leaving these attributes as reported by the seller.

Evidence for this section
  • “Pocket watch  for the Chinese market with rare Duplex escapement.”
  • “19th century.”
  • “The watch is equipped with a beautiful golden movement entirely engraved with blue screws and malt cross,.”
  • “Equipped with a key for charging and adjustment.”

Open research questions

  • What hallmarks, silver purity stamps, or serial numbers are present inside the case covers?
  • Does the gilded movement feature any Chinese market signatures, maker names, or stamps on the plates?
  • What specific motif is engraved on the exterior front and back surfaces of the silver hunter case?

Source evidence

Recorded claims and source quotations for Chinese market full hunter duplex escapement silver pocket watch
FieldSource-reported valueSource quotation
Date19th century“19th century.”
DialWhite enamel with roman numerals“White enamel dial with roman numerals.”
CaseFull Hunter silver case“Full Hunter silver case with working opening button.”
Diameter49 mm“Diameter 49 mm”
Escapement Type (Seller Reported)Duplex escapement“Pocket watch  for the Chinese market with rare Duplex escapement.”
Movement Finish (Seller Reported)Golden movement entirely engraved with blue screws and Maltese cross“The watch is equipped with a beautiful golden movement entirely engraved with blue screws and malt cross,.”
Winding and SettingAccompanied by key for winding and adjustment“Equipped with a key for charging and adjustment.”
Case Exterior (Seller Reported)Finely engraved on both sides“The case is finely engraved on both sides.”

Visible details

  • White enamel dial featuring black Roman numeral hour indices and an outer minute railway track.
  • Three centrally mounted hands, including an hour hand and minute hand with clover-like pierced accents and a slender centre seconds hand.
  • Full hunter silver case shown open, with high-polish interior cover reflecting the dial.
  • Pendant with rounded bow positioned at 3 o'clock relative to the dial layout.
  • Fine coin-edge reeding along the outer circumference of the case middle.

Research qualifications

  • The movement, inner dust cover, and outer engraved exterior surfaces are not visible in the provided photograph.
  • No maker signatures or hallmarks are visible in the supplied image.

Photograph identity and source facts were screened before import; rights clearance remains pending.

Consulted source

Proantic: Pocket Watch  For The Chinese Market, Duplex Escapement, XIX

Reviewed 2026-10-21 · Record cd93983954

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