Watch

Gold double-dialled pocket watch containing two mechanisms, each separately wound and adjustable. One dial with roman numerals can be set to indicate sidereal time; the other with arabic numerals indicates mean solar time. Each dial has subsidiary seconds at VI.

Object Details

ID: ZAA0287
Collection: Timekeeping
Type: Watch
Display location: Display - ROG
Creator: Benson, J W
Date made: ca.1900
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts: Watch