Portable time keeper
Portable time keeper in carriage-clock style case. A piece of glass marked ZAA0010.1 and the key marked ZAA0010.2 can be viewed via the Whole/Part toggle. Timekeeper has an early form of chronometer escapement with pivoted detent fusee and maintaining power.
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Object Details
ID: | ZAA0010 |
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Collection: | Timekeeping |
Type: | Portable time keeper |
Display location: | Display - ROG |
Creator: | Berthoud, Ferdinand; Abraham Louis Breguet & Fils |
Date made: | 1795 |
Exhibition: | Time and Longitude |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
Measurements: | Overall: 195 x 120 x 95 mm |
Parts: | Portable time keeper |
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