Watch
Watch - short interval timer. Gilded brass canister case with press-in bezel and back, both knurled. Brass circular movement, virgule escapement, brass balance beating ½-seconds. Wound and set by pulling pendant; start/stop operated by horizontal bar on bow. Paper dial calibrated for 60 seconds, subsidiary counter for 5 minutes. Steel hands.
Object Details
| ID: | ZAA0401 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Timekeeping |
| Type: | Watch |
| Display location: | Display - ROG |
| Creator: | Unknown; père, Delmas |
| Date made: | circa 1865 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Foulkes Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 75 x 53 x 19 mm |
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