Swiss Goliath Pocket Watch with Blue Enamel Display Case
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Swiss made nickel cased 'Goliath' pocket watch with silver and blue enamel display case, the case hallmarked Birmingham 1919 by Henry Charles Freeman, Hatton Gardens London with peacock blue guilloche front, leatherette covered body and easel strut back. White enamel dial, Arabic numerals, subs seconds. Crown winder loose.
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- Guilloche - A form of classical decoration consisting of a repeating ornament of interlacing curved bands, sometimes forming circles, and further decorated with rosettes or other flower forms.
The name is derived from the inventor, French engineer Guillot, who invented a mechanical method of inscribing fine repeating patterns on to metallic surfaces.
On enamelled items with guilloche decoration, the surface is firstly engraved with the repeating pattern, and then covered with several layers of enamel, each of which is fired.
Where the item has not been enamelled the form of decoration is usually called "engine turned".
This item has been included into following indexes:
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pocket watches, case type
- open face, silver case 570
- silver case 905
- pocket watches, country - Swiss made 463