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Pocket watch movement with dial, hands and cap. It has a full-plate fusee movement, signed and numbered, with a rack-lever escapement and plain balance with regulator. The balance cock foot is inscribed, 'PATENT'. The watch has a white enamel dial with Roman numerals and gold spade and poker hands. There was formerly a centre-seconds dial calibrated for seconds within an hour zone.

Object Details

ID: ZAA0439
Collection: Timekeeping
Type: Pocket watch movement
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Litherland, Peter, & Co
Date made: circa 1797
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Foulkes Collection
Measurements: Overall: 49 x 46 x 18 mm