Pocket watch · Genève
Commemorative hunter-case pocket watch
VerifiedThe case is polished silver. The white enamel dial is painted with fine black Roman numerals for the hours. Unusually, the spade-shaped hands are two-tone (blued steel and gold-tipped).
Technical facts
- Inventory number
- MIH I-480
- Object type
- Pocket watch
- Place of production
- Genève
- Dating
- 1870 - 1890
- Materials and techniques (catalogue wording)
- argent, émail, laiton doré
- Dimensions (catalogue)
- Dimensions: 83.0 x 59.4 x 16.0 mm; poids: 131.500 g
- Inscriptions (catalogue)
- FINE SILVER 8440 (Boîtier); J. Dauer Genève Ancre Levées Visibles 15 Rubis (Cuvette); E. Mennet 8440 (Mouvement)
Historical significance
- The case is polished silver. The white enamel dial is painted with fine black Roman numerals for the hours. Unusually, the spade-shaped hands are two-tone (blued steel and gold-tipped).
- The key-wound movement has a right-angle lever escapement, a gilded brass three-armed balance, and a flat steel balance spring. The gilded brass bridges form the name LINCOLN (Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, President of the United States from 1861 to 1865).
Photographs
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Sources & references
- Musée international d'horlogerie, online collection record, inv. I-480: https://collection.mih.ch/fr/collection/item/38777/
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