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Just finished taking these pictures of this Seikosha Chronometer # 1045 Enjoy Fred ![]() | ||
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Hi Phil, These clocks were indeed the forerunners to the later Seiko's. This clock is from my fathers military collection. The clock is approximately 12" in diameter and about 5 " thick and very heavy. I will take exact measurements and post them. He also has a 5 day Seikosha. As time permits I'll try to take some pictures of it and post them. Regards Fred | |||
Thanks Fred, for the interesting timepiece.Since it has a platform escapement, or i believe that is what it is.Would this have been used on a navy vessel? Good pictures, looks quite heavy. ![]() | ||||
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Kevin, Even though these used a platform escapement ( as you pointed out ) instead of a detent escapement like the Hamilton chronometers the best guess is yes. Note the first inscription on the lower edge of the case ( an anchor ) It would be nice if one of our members could read Japanese and could decipher the rest of the inscription. Fred | |||
Hello Fred, The Japanese script that appeared on the clock is in kanji script which was derived from the Chinese script. I can't read the first word very clearly, it appears the first two words may refer to ' marine vessel' and the rest of the words mean 'number eleven'. You can find some information on the Japanese marine chronometer in the August 2002 issue ( #339) of the NAWCC Bulletin. Mun C.W. Singapore | ||||
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