Automaton 'Dan Dare' pocket watch.

Made:
1953 in England
maker:
Ingersoll Limited
Automaton 'Dan Dare' pocket watch with pin-pallet lever Automaton 'Dan Dare' pocket watch with pin-pallet lever Dan Dare pocket watch, by Ingersoll. Front oblique view Dan Dare pocket watch, by Ingersoll. Front oblique view

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Automaton 'Dan Dare' pocket watch with pin-pallet lever
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Automaton 'Dan Dare' pocket watch with pin-pallet lever
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Dan Dare pocket watch, by Ingersoll. Front oblique view
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Dan Dare pocket watch, by Ingersoll. Front oblique view
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Automaton 'Dan Dare' pocket watch with pin-pallet lever escapement by Ingersoll Ltd., Great Britain, 1953. The dial shows a helmeted Dan Dare holding a ray gun, with a monster approaching. The emblem of the 'Eagle' children's comic is impressed in the back of case.

Details

Category:
Time Measurement
Object Number:
1985-1914
Materials:
chromium plated, brass (copper, zinc alloy), glass and steel (metal)
Measurements:
overall: 65 mm x 52 mm x 12 mm, 0.06kg
type:
pocket watch
credit:
Sotheby's (Billinghurst)