Dial and Hands
Visual observation of the opened hunter case reveals a polychrome painted enamel landscape featuring water and foliage positioned at the center of the dial. Below this miniature scene, the dial is signed 'A.W.W.Co. / WALTHAM'. The time is displayed via pierced gilt hour and minute hands, with a sunken subsidiary seconds register at 6 o'clock fitted with a straight indicator.
The cataloguer describes the dial as fancy painted enamel with raised gilt beads set between black Arabic numerals, along with an outer minute track accented with blue sapphires positioned above the hour markers. Observation confirms that raised gilt bead decorative borders surround the numeral cartouches.
Evidence for this section
- “Dial signed 'A.W.W.Co. / WALTHAM' beneath the central landscape miniature”
- “Front hunter cover opened to show a polychrome painted enamel landscape with water and foliage at dial center”
- “Elaborate pierced gilt hands for hours and minutes, with a straight sub-seconds hand at 6 o'clock”
- “Raised gilt bead decorations surround each black Arabic numeral cartouche”
- “fancy painted enamel with lake scene in the center, raised gilt beads between the black Arabic numerals, outer minute track with blue sapphires above the hours, sunk seconds, pierced gold hands”