General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

2

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Wood, synthetic and metal.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

29.6 cm

Width

23.7 cm

Height

12.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Horology

Category

Watches

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

New, never used

Canada

Taken from acquisition proposal: This watch was given to Prime Minister Stephen Harper by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy at the G8 Summit in L’Aquila. This summit was moved from the city of La Maddalena to L’Aquila as part of an attempt to redistribute disaster funds after the 2009 L’Aquila earthquake. In addition to Prime Minister Harper, this watch was given to the other representatives at the “G8 from La Maddalena to L’Aquila Summit 2009.” These representatives were: Silvio Berlusconi (Italy), Barack Obama (USA), Gordon Brown (UK), Nicolas Sarkozy (France), Dimitry Medvedev (Russia), Angela Merkel (Germany), Taro Aso (Japan), Josè Barroso (Ec), and Frederik Reinfeldt (Eu). (ref. 2)

Function

Used to store the wrist watch.

Technical

Taken from acquisition proposal: The mechanical movement watch is Swiss made and manually wound. It is “skeletonized”, meaning the metal parts are reduced to a minimum to make the moving parts visible. The rose gold dial has a perforated design of the cross of Nicola da Guardiagrele. The Basile watch company has been in operation since 1870. It is currently based in Venice and managed by the 4th generation of Basile’s.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Print interior of lid "LA MADDALENA TO L'AQUILA SUMMIT 2009 G8" [print written in a circle around a logo of the earth and 3 turtles]. There are two other logos, one with print "REPUBLICA ITALIANA", and the other logo has illegible print.

Missing

N/A

Finish

Wooden box; exterior has a dark brown and reddish finish, interior's exposed wood is reddish. Interior of box is lined with a black synthetic which has silver coloured logos and print. Exterior and interior metal hardware is highly polished. Lock on the front of the box is keyed. Front exterior of box has several white scratches.

Decoration

N/A