Clock parts

Card box (‘Teofani & Co Ltd’, cigarette manufacturers) containing relics from H1 removed during the 1920-21 restoration. The twenty-two parts include a small card with the heavily corroded remains of one of H1’s original check-pieces and two tiny pieces of the original balance spring wire attached. There are also two pieces of the original compensation control rods and twelve brass pins from one of the roller pinions.

Object Details

ID: ZAA0859
Collection: Timekeeping
Type: Clock parts
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Gould, Rupert Thomas
Date made: Unknown
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection
Measurements: Overall: 20 x 75 x 57 mm