18ct. Gold Lady's Half Hunter Pocket Watch with Enamel Dial
An 18ct. gold cased lady's half hunter pocket watch, the case back and front with decorative foliate engraving, an iridescent enamel chapter ring with blue Roman numerals surrounds the case window, opening to reveal a white enamel dial with Roman numerals, railtrack minutes, blued steel hands, the face inscribed 'Baume Geneve', lever wind movement.
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- Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
- Half Hunter - A half-hunter (or "demi hunter") pocket watch is one in which the outer lid over the face of the watch has a cut out centre section, enabling the owner to view the hands to tell the time, without having to open the lid. On some half-hunter watches, the hours are marked on the outer lid.
- Movement - The technical name for the workings of a clock or watch, and does not include the dial or case.
- Hunter - A hunter pocket watch is the type where the case includes a spring-hinged circular metal lid or cover, that closes over the glass face of the watch, protecting it from dust, scratches and other damage or debris. The majority of antique and vintage hunter-case watches have the lid-hinges at the 9 o’clock position, suiting the right handed user.
- Chapter Ring - A separate metal plate on the face of a clock, on which the numerals for the hours and sometimes parts of the hours, are displayed, usually wheel shaped and sitting on top of the dial plate. The chapter ring is often a feature of the clock and can be silvered or enamelled to stand as a contrast to its background. The hours are usually shown in Roman numerals, although in the late 19th and earlt 20th century, Arabic numerals became fashionable.
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