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Pocket watches · Case

Double-Hunter Watches

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Watches with hinged lids on both the front and the back of the case, fully enclosing the dial and the movement.

Mechanism

A case-construction variant; no distinct movement type is implied.

Typical characteristics

  • Front lid over the dial
  • Rear lid over the case back/cuvette
  • Heaviest and most protective of the standard case forms

Identification characteristics

  • Two independent hinged lids
  • Often heavier gauge case metal than single-hunter examples

Collector significance

Valued for the additional protection offered to both dial and movement, at the cost of bulk.

Known variations

  • Double hunter
  • Double half-hunter

Related photographs

Vintage Elgin National Watch Co. Pocket Watch with Hunter Case and Gold Chain, Circa 1901 (9901604614)
Vintage Elgin National Watch Co. Pocket Watch with Hunter Case and Gold Chain, Circa 1901 (9901604614) — Joe Haupt from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0. Wikimedia Commons file page
Vintage Elgin National Watch Co. Pocket Watch, Hunter Case with Chain, Circa 1901 (9901583265)
Vintage Elgin National Watch Co. Pocket Watch, Hunter Case with Chain, Circa 1901 (9901583265) — Joe Haupt from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0. Wikimedia Commons file page
Vintage New York Standard Watch Co. Pocket Watch, Hunter Case (9208648548)
Vintage New York Standard Watch Co. Pocket Watch, Hunter Case (9208648548) — Joe Haupt from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0. Wikimedia Commons file page

No confidently matched photograph of this subject has been found yet. These photographs show a closely related record, and are not examples of the type described on this page.

Sources & references

  1. Cutmore, M., Watches 1850-1980

Where sources disagree, the disagreement is stated rather than resolved silently.