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Box Chronometer
Catalogue number:
ME*321726
Inscriptions:
signature in Japanese and "V-334"
Dimensions:
box 7.25 x 7.25 x 6.75 inches
Discussion:
This is a 56 hour instrument that has indications for hours, minutes, seconds, and up and down, and a modern pattern Earnshaw spring detent escapement. It was made in Japan, probably during World War II. The U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships transferred it to the Smithsonian in 1963.
Further Information:
Chronometer
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