Wires and drills in a box

Round, faded blue card pillbox containing thirteen new parts for H2, including three long pieces of specially ground steel ribbon (watch mainspring) intended for use as replacement cross-wires for the balances. Five pieces of fine round steel wire are in various stages of completion as axial wires, one complete with tab and collet end-attachments and two with just tab attachments. These parts may post-date Gould’s restorations.

Object Details

ID: ZAA0871
Collection: Timekeeping
Type: Wires and drills in a box
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: Unknown
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection
Measurements: Box: 10 x 40
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