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Small card pill box containing a 45 mm piece of H4’s mainspring
Small card pill box containing a 45 mm piece of H4’s mainspring, scratched 'from John Harrison Prize chronometer/No.4/ £2,000 23.XII.1923'. This piece was in the possession of watchmaker Heinrich Otto (to whom Gould presumably presented it) and thence to Charles Allix Esq., who presented it to the NMM.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZAA0129 |
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| Collection: | Timekeeping |
| Type: | Main spring |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Harrison, John |
| Date made: | circa 1760 |
| People: | Gould, Rupert Thomas |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 45 x 9 x 5 mm |