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Casio gents LCD digital watch

1999

Stop-watch reading to 1/60th of a second by means of a light

Stop-watch reading to 1/10th of a second

Stopwatch by Omega

1960-1979

Omega 'Base 10 Pulsations' stopwatch

1960-1979

Centre-seconds stop-watch by Jno. Archer

1737-1738

Stop watch movement

1800-1834

Stop watch mechanism

1775-1785

Stop watch movement

hallmarked 1784

Stop watch by F. and E. Massey

1835-1838

Model by Dent showing the mechanism of stop watches

Armstrong stopwatch

Verge stop-watch by Le Roi, 1745-1755

1745-1755

Electronic single-event stopwatch by Cronus Precision Products Inc. Santa Clara

1976-1979

Stop watch movement by J. Tobias

Plastic housing marked OMEGA for use with Omega stopwatches

1960-1979

Stop watch

Stopwatch, steel, by J H Steward, 457, Strand, London, showing miles per hour from 1/4 mile distances, used by Rev W J Scott in timing the Railway Races to the North in 1895 and ''City of Truro" record breaking run in 1904.

W J Scott's stopwatch, 1890

1890

Lever escapement pocket watch beating tenths of a second, signed on the back plate 'Wm Williams 32 Rock St Bury. No 19289.' and on the dial 'PATENT No 4762 MARCH 26TH 1890 by WILLM. WILLIAMS BURY', in sterling silver case hallmarked at Chester in 1890, with winding square and hand adjusting square under the back cover. The watch has hour, minute, and small seconds hands, plus a centre seconds hand rotating once every two seconds. A stop mechanism acting directly on the balance wheel and operated by a slide on the side of the case allows use as a stopwatch.

Pocket watch and stop watch

1890

Guards fob watch, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, silver case, 1/5 second stopwatch sweep hand with tachymeter conversion, 1850-1910, The James Royston Collection of Railway Memorabilia.

Fob watch, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

Verge watch in pinchbeck inner, shagreen outer case, by Edwd. Howard, London, no.5836. Stop watch, centre seconds, 1702-1718, donated by Evan Roberts in 1916

Verge watch in inner and outer cases

1702-1718

Stop watch, Japan Railways, Shinkansen driver's, with cord. Engraved on the back 'JR Tohkai Kantetsu Hei 2 60'. Manufactured by Seiko 851378 7011-0010.

Shinkansen driver's stopwatch, Japan Railways

Casio F-91W quartz wrist watch with liquid crystal digital display also showing day and date, with alarm, 1/100 second stopwatch facility, and display light, powered by lithium cell with seven -year life, water resistant, in black resin case with stainless steel back, with black resin strap, made in Malaysia in 1997, marked on back '593 F-91W', with original packing.

Digital wrist watch, made by Casio, 1997

1997

Digital watch, model VDB-200B-1, made by Casio Computer Company Ltd., with touch screen, back light, stopwatch and address book functions

Casio digital quartz watch, model VDB-200B-1, 1997.

1997

Stopwatch by Omega, Swiss made, two-button type to allow restarting without resetting, reading 0 - 30 seconds in tenths and 0 - 15 minutes in half minutes on subsidiary dial, 1960-79.

Stopwatch by Omega

1960-1979

Aviation instruments: Impellor, unsigned, connected to a Stop-Watch, unsigned, which is connected to a Distance Meter, by Jules Richard, Paris, France, all three instruments are attached to a two-piece oak frame, from the Replica, of the 1903 ‘Wright Flyer’ aircraft, by The de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, 1948. The actual 1903 ‘Wright Flyer’: - designed and built by the Wright Brothers: Orville and Wilbur, achieved the world’s first successful heavier-than-air powered flight, on 17th December 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, United States.

Aviation instruments, from Replica 1903 ‘Wright Flyer’ aircraft

1948; 1920-1930