WWII C.1941 HAMILTON MAHOGANY USA NAVAL DECK CLOCK CHRONOMETER MODEL 22 WWII C.1941 HAMILTON MAHOGANY USA NAVAL DECK CLOCK CHRONOMETER MODEL 22 WWII C.1941 HAMILTON MAHOGANY USA NAVAL DECK CLOCK CHRONOMETER MODEL 22 WWII C.1941 HAMILTON MAHOGANY USA NAVAL DECK CLOCK CHRONOMETER MODEL 22 WWII C.1941 HAMILTON MAHOGANY USA NAVAL DECK CLOCK CHRONOMETER MODEL 22 WWII C.1941 HAMILTON MAHOGANY USA NAVAL DECK CLOCK CHRONOMETER MODEL 22 WWII C.1941 HAMILTON MAHOGANY USA NAVAL DECK CLOCK CHRONOMETER MODEL 22 WWII C.1941 HAMILTON MAHOGANY USA NAVAL DECK CLOCK CHRONOMETER MODEL 22 WWII C.1941 HAMILTON MAHOGANY USA NAVAL DECK CLOCK CHRONOMETER MODEL 22 WWII C.1941 HAMILTON MAHOGANY USA NAVAL DECK CLOCK CHRONOMETER MODEL 22

WWII C.1941 HAMILTON MAHOGANY USA NAVAL DECK CLOCK CHRONOMETER MODEL 22

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The original C.1941 three tiered mahogany deck clock, the movement is set within gimbals for use at sea.  The silvered 2.5 inch dial with black numerals, outer minutes divisions, offset seconds at 6 and power reserve at 12, 'up and down' dial, signed Hamilton Lancaster PA USA, with blued steel hands and having a knurled bezel with flat, bevel-edged glass.  The 21 jewelled movement is timed in 6 positions, ultra fine regulation to the balance and is working well,  Movement serial number 2F23911 dates this to 1941. Measures 15cm wide x 15cm deep x 15cm high.

 

 A previously catalogued piece. No longer for sale.

 

"At the outbreak of W.W. II the United States Navy required a vast quantity high quality chronometers. At that time the Navy had been using Ulysses Nardin timepieces as standard equipment with few if any being available in this country. A request for bids was made by the War Office and the Hamilton Watch Company was the only firm able to meet the requirements by designing and producing an innovative marine chronometer in a period of about 18 months.

 

Produced in the boxed-and-gimbaled format, as it was proven to be reliable enough to serve as a ship's primary timekeeper. The case is 70mm across, of plated and matted brass, and features a wonderful guarded crown and button to prevent inadvertent setting. Although the mainspring's power reserve is some 60 hours, and the dial indicates up to 48, it was intended that the watch would be wound each day at the same time for nearly perfect isochronisms. The enormous movement is fully adjusted and immaculately finished and striped. The elegant regulator uses a spring-loaded finger which traces the perimeter of a snail-cam."

 

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