Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Pocket Watch with two chains, locket, Masonic York Rite and Scottish Rite fob and pen knife
1967 or later (watch); ca. 1919 (knife)
Devon (watch)
USA: Connecticut (watch)
Gold, various metals, enamel, diamond (possibly), glass
with chain: 1/4"h x 1-5/8 dia. x 19"l chain
Gift of Stanley F. Maxwell, Jr.
2001.079.3

Masonic York Rite and Scottish Rite Pocket Watch with two chains, locket fob & knife. Pocket watch has round gold case, hinge, and spring closure; two chains attached to an o-ring at its top. Inside, white face with black numerals marking both the hours and the minutes; where 6 would be, a circle cutout to show the date has "25" in it; gold hour, minute and second hands, with hour and minute hands having decorative flourishes. "Devon" in black script at top center of face, and "Quartz" at lower center. Opposite face, inside of lid has machine-made, repeating pattern of concentric rings. Both sides of outside of case have striped texture with two larger smooth stripes along either side, and smooth rectangle near clasp between them. Also attached to the larger-linked, longer gold chain (of the two attached to the watch) about six inches away from watch is a locket fob in the shape of a Templar cross with black enamel infill: on one side, it has a Scottish Rite double-headed eagle emblem in cast gold with black enamel surround and diamond (or possibly rhinestone) set into chest, and "33" in black enamel-infilled delta above with scrolls on either side; on other side, it has York Rite emblem of 9-point star with white enamel-infilled circle inside it that has "IN HOC SIGNO VINCES" inside it in gold, with a red enamel infilled passion cross through a gold crown at its center, and at top, a delta with a black Hebrew letter Yod inside it. About ten inches away from locket fob, at end of chain, is a gold, oval-shaped folding knife. Its case has "C / . / G / ." carved into one side, and "7 / . / 14 / . / 1919 / ." carved into the other side; inside, two swiveling knife blades (one in each side). Attached to smaller-linked, shorter gold chain on watch is another o-ring (at its end) which has two shorter gold chains attached to it, one of which has a straight rod at its end, and the other of which has a o-ring lobster clasp at its end.