19766
Deck watch. Pocket chronometer in 18 carat gold Hunter case, with weighted mahogany deck case. Enamelled dial, with subsidiary seconds hand at VI. Earnshaw spring detent escapement, oversprung helical spring, barrel and fusee.
Object Details
| ID: | ZAA0020 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Timekeeping |
| Type: | Deck watch |
| Display location: | Display - Polar Worlds Gallery |
| Creator: | Dent, Edward John |
| Events: | Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClure, 1850-1854 |
| Vessels: | Investigator (1848) |
| Date made: | 1853 |
| People: | Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty; McClure, Robert John Le Mesurier |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 48 x 85 x 102 mm |
| Parts: | 19766 |
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