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Pocket watch movement with dial, hands and cap. It has a full-plate fusee movement, which is signed and numbered, with a cap, crank-roller lever escapement and a plain steel balance. The balance cock foot has the inscription ‘PATENT’. The watch has a white enamel dial with Roman numerals and a subsidiary seconds dial positioned below centre. All hands are missing.

Object Details

ID: ZAA0449
Collection: Timekeeping
Type: Pocket watch movement
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Vassalli, J
Date made: circa 1840
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Foulkes Collection
Measurements: Overall: 49 x 47 x 16 mm