Pocket Watch - Walsh Jones & Co, presented to James Moore, 1854

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This item is on display at Melbourne Museum

Summary:: Gents pocket watch, gold hunter case, Walsh Jones & Co, Melbourne, Victoria,1854. The watch would have been made in England and imported by Walsh, Jones & Co.

Presented to James Moore, chief engineer of the Melbourne & Hobsons Bay Railway Co, by the Railway Commissioners, on occasion of the opening of the railway on 12 September 1854.
Description:: Gold hunter case and chain. Seconds dial at 6 o'clock.
Acquisition Information:: Donation from T. Walker, 1967

Tagged with:	station pier, watches, t. gaunt, t. g, t. gaunt. melbourne
Themes this item is part of:	Horology Collection, Science & Measurement Collection, Melbourne & Hobson's Bay Railway Co., Melbourne, Victoria
On Display at:	Melbourne Museum
Primary Classification:	HOROLOGY
Secondary Classification:	Watches
Tertiary Classification:	australia
Inscriptions:	Back plate inscribed: 'James Moore, Esq. / Engineer of the / Melbourne & Hobsons Bay Railway / by the Commissioners / as a token of their esteem and in / commemmoration of his having / opened the first Railway in / the Australian Colonies / Sept. 12th 1854' Front cover of case inscribed 'True to the End'. Case maker's initials 'TH'
Maker:	Walsh Jones & Co, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1850s
Presented By:	Melbourne & Hobson's Bay Railway Co., Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 Sep 1854
Presented To:	James Moore, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 Sep 1854