Pocket watch
Keyless pocket watch with ruby cylinder escapement and maintaining power, in a silver open-face case. The plain matt dial and circle-ended hands are stylistically similar to French watches by J.A. Lepine and A.L. Breguet.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Foulkes Collection
c. 1820
Metal, glass
80.0 x 54.0 x 20.0 mm
ZAA0663
Image and text © Royal Museums Greenwich, 2021
Where you'll find this
The Royal Observatory
Permanent collection