Watch set-up key

Steel set-up key for a pocket watch. Used to partly wind the mainspring of a fusee pocket watch before the chain is wound onto the fusee, or the stop finger or stop work is placed in position on a going-barrel pocket watch.

Object Details

ID: ZAA0568
Collection: Timekeeping
Type: Watch set-up key
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Anonymous
Date made: 19C
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Foulkes Collection
Measurements: Overall: 43.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 mm