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Object connections:
| Collection | Timekeeping |
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| Gallery location | Not on display |
Object details:
| Object ID | ZAA0034.4 |
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| Description | Brass winding key made by Thomas Mercers in 1932 for Gould during the 1931-33 restoration, when Gould oversaw the conversion to key-winding of the H1. The key has a steel pinion built into the end of it, which meshed with a wheel fixed onto the fusee of the timekeeper. This arrangement was all removed during the 1961 restoration. Key: H:65 W:40 L:230. |
| Date made | Unknown |
| Artist/Maker | Thomas Mercer Chronometers |
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| Place made | Unknown |
| Credit | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements | Overall: 230 x 65 x 40 mm |
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