224
Pocket chronometer in a silver hunter case. It has a three-quarter plate movement with keyless winding, numbered and marked ‘Chronometre’, with detent escapement and compensation balance.
The chronometer has a white enamel dial with Roman numerals and gold hands, with a sunken subsidiary seconds dial below centre with a gold hand. It is contained in a silver hunter case, with Swiss assay marks, and numbered. The dome is marked ‘CHRONOMETRE No 224’ and the movement protected by a glazed snap-on cuvette.
The chronometer has a white enamel dial with Roman numerals and gold hands, with a sunken subsidiary seconds dial below centre with a gold hand. It is contained in a silver hunter case, with Swiss assay marks, and numbered. The dome is marked ‘CHRONOMETRE No 224’ and the movement protected by a glazed snap-on cuvette.
Object Details
ID: | ZAA0387 |
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Collection: | Timekeeping |
Type: | Pocket chronometer |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Anonymous |
Date made: | circa 1900 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Foulkes Collection |
Measurements: | Overall: 76 x 54 x 18 mm |
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