Watch set-up key
Steel set-up key for a pocket watch. Used to partly wind the mainspring of a fusee pocket watch before the chain is wound onto the fusee, or the stop finger or stop work is placed in position on a going-barrel pocket watch.
Object Details
| ID: | ZAA0568 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Timekeeping |
| Type: | Watch set-up key |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Anonymous |
| Date made: | 19C |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Foulkes Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 43.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 mm |