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99653. A deck watch numbered 99653, by E. M. T. It has a jewelled movement with no markings except the regulator scale marked ‘A R’ and ‘F S’. There is a club-tooth ever escapement and a two-arm compensation balance. The movement
1941
National Maritime Museum

103. A three-tier, brass-bound, mahogany box with a pressed brass sliding catch on the front for the lid and lock for the upper half. The lid of the box has a strut allowing it to open to 90° only, and the nickel-plated brass piano hinge has a removab
1941 (one of 125 instruments to be ordered by the US Naval Observatory in May 1941)
National Maritime Museum

53. A three-tier, brass-bound, mahogany box with a pressed brass sliding catch on the front for the lid and lock for upper half. The lid of the box has a strut allowing it to open to 90° only, and the nickel-plated brass piano hinge has a removable pi
1941 (one of 125 instruments to be ordered by the US Naval Observatory in May 1941)
National Maritime Museum

333. A three-tier, brass-bound, mahogany box with a pressed brass sliding catch on the front for the lid and lock for the upper half. The lid of the box has a strut allowing it to open to 90° only, and the nickel-plated brass piano hinge has a removab
1941 (one of 87 instruments ordered by the US Naval Observatory in October 1941)
National Maritime Museum