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Box Chronometer - click to enlarge

Box Chronometer - click to enlarge

Box Chronometer - click to enlarge

Box Chronometer - click to enlarge

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Box Chronometer

Catalogue number:
ME*314828

Inscriptions:
"ELGIN (/) U.S.A. (/) N1 (/) 1943"

Dimensions:
12 x 10 x 10.5 inches

Discussion:
This is the first of many chronometers that the Elgin Watch Company made for the U.S. Navy during World War II. The Navy Bureau of Ships transferred it to the Smithsonian in 1956.

Further Information:

Chronometer

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