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Deck watch in a silver open-face case, in a wooden deck box. Half-plate movement, signed and numbered and marked with a broad arrow, with lever escapement and compensation balance.

White enamel dial, signed and numbered and marked with a broad arrow, with Roman numerals and steel spade and poker hands, and subsidiary seconds dial below centre with steel hand. It is contained in a silver open-face case, numbered and hallmarked for London, 1891-2. The cuvette is missing its glass and the back is marked ‘H.S.^2’. The watch is housed under screw-down glass in a numbered brass canister in a wooden signed and numbered deck box.

Object Details

ID: ZAA0154
Collection: Timekeeping
Type: Deck watch
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Carley, George, & Co
Date made: circa 1890
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Box: 95 mm x 62 mm x 124 mm