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Smiths De Luxe Wristwatch Worn by Sir Edmund Hillary on His Ascent of Mount Everest 1953

1953

Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770

1770

Musical table clock by Thwaites for Barraud

1767

Deck-watch used by Capt. George Vancouver on board HMS Discovery 1791-5

1791

Puritan-style watch by Edward East

1630

Gold watch by John Gibson, Royal Exchange

1808

Gold watch with later gold movement

1818-1900

Silver 'Puritan' watch by Edward East

1640

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by Larcum Kendall

1786

Silver watch by James Vautrollier

1630

Watch with four outer cases, made by Edward Prior for the Turkish export market

1800

Watch in a rock crystal case by David Ramsay

1630

Month-going longcase clock with a 1¼ seconds pendulum

1675-1685

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold

1776

Spring-detent escapement watch in a gold case by Reid & Co. London

1807

Silver form watch, in the shape of a cockle shell by Richard Masterson, c.1630

1630

Watch movement with spring detent escapement by John Arnold and Son

1787

Form watch by Benjamin Hill

1650

Gold watch with champlevé enamel dial by Edward East

1650

Silver star-shaped verge watch by David Ramsay

1625

Flintlock pistol belonging to John Roger Arnold

1770-1780

Octagonal crystal-cased watch by an unknown maker

1610

'Memento mori' watch in the form of a skull, known as the 'Mary Queen of Scots' watch.

1780-1850

Watch with Prest's keyless winding by John Roger Arnold

1821

Model of a pendulum clock based on Galileo's design

1921

Souscription watch, by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1805

Deck watch by John Arnold and Son

1790

Spring-detent escapement watch with gold case by John Arnold and Son

1796

Early London made pendulum clock by Edward East

1601-1700

'Souscription' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1800

Spring-detent escapement watch with gold case by John Barwise

1800

Spring detent watch by John Arnold, used by Ruth Bellville and family to distribute GMT c.1834-1940

1794

Oval shaped watch by Henry Archer

1630

Compass

1800

Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris

1780

'Early 'perpetuelle' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1783-1800

Wax portrait of Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)

1851

Posthumous portrait of George Daniels by John Walton

2011

Cylinder watch with enamelled gold case made for Queen Charlotte

1740-1760

Gold repoussé watch depicting the Choice of Hercules, by John Ellicott

1767

Watch movement by Thomas Tompion with a later case and dial

1680

Oldest wristwatch with a co-axial escapement, by Patek Philippe and George Daniels

1901-2000

Silver watch with '6-hour dial' by William Bartram

1680

Longcase clock in a marquetry case by William Cattell

1675-1685

Watch movement with a quarter-repeating mechanism of early design by Thomas Tompion.

1680

Longcase clock with tidal dial by Christopher Pinchbeck

1715-1725

Under-painted horn pair cased watch by George Flote

1800

Wax portrait of George Atkins (1766 – 1855) by Richard Cockle Lucas

1852

Quarter-repeating watch by George Graham

1745

Silver and tortoiseshell pair cased watch by Ignatius Huggeford

1675