Marine chronometer by Charles Shepherd
- maker:
- Shepherd, Charles
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Marine chronometer by Charles Shepherd, London, c.1845. Gimballed wooden box with brass fittings. Silvered dial with subsidiary seconds and an up-and-down indicator, signed ‘Charles Shepherd, Leadenhall St. London 390’. Steel hands. Fusee movement with spring detent escapement, compensated two-arm balance and helical spring. 2 day duration.
Clockmakers' Museum No. 766
Details
- Category:
- Clockmakers
- Collection:
- The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
- Object Number:
- L2015-3640
- Materials:
- mahogany (wood), brass (copper, zinc alloy), steel (metal), glass, silvered brass and diamond
- Measurements:
-
overall: 157 mm x 165 mm x 150 mm,
- type:
- marine chronometer
- credit:
- Lent by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
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