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Pocket chronometer in gilt-metal case, fitted with the original Earnshaw spring detent escapement and Earnshaw compensation balance.Enamel dial with gold hands, subsidiary seconds at 6.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZAA0005 |
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| Collection: | Timekeeping |
| Type: | Pocket chronometer |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Earnshaw, Thomas |
| Date made: | ca.1795 |
| Exhibition: | Time and Longitude |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 88 mm x 65 mm x 28 mm |
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