Solar/Sidereal verge watch with epicyclic maintain power

Made:: London

Solar/Sidereal verge watch with epicyclic maintaining power by James Green, London, no. 5969, in silver pair case hallmarked 1776, believed to be the earliest English watch to indicate solar and sidereal time with seconds.

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Category:: Time Measurement

Object Number:: 1987-1145

type:: pocket watch

credit:: Camerer Cuss and Co.

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Solar/Sidereal verge watch

Solar/Sidereal verge watch with epicyclic maintaining power by James Green, London, no. 5969, believed to be the earliest English watch to indicate solar and sidereal time with seconds.