A WWII US Navy 'Model 22' deck chronometer, 1940s, by Hamilton Watch Company,

with a keyless manual wind, Model 22-21 Jewels, signed on the dial 'Hamilton Lancaster PA, USA, with a 48-hour Up and Down indicator, and subsidiary seconds dial, with a screw front and back, signed 'Hamilton Watch Co., U.S. Navy-BU Ships-1943, numbered 'F22011', in a fitted wood case, labelled with instructions to the outside, and inside labelled 'Globe Nautical Instrument Co.Inc San Pedro Long Beach 2624'

7.5cm diameter,

Provenance:

The John Mitchell Collection of Military Horology

Condition Report:

working. Fair case - some wear to the case - and plastic dust cover.