Hamilton. A Rare Metal U.S. Navy Model 22 Forty-Eight Hour Chronometer Deck Watch with Double Wooden Flat Boxes

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Hamilton. A Rare Metal U.S. Navy Model 22 Forty-Eight Hour Chronometer Deck Watch with Double Wooden Flat Boxes

SIGNED HAMILTON, LANCASTER, PA, USA, MOVEMENT NO. 2F26415, CASE NO. 209'626, CIRCA 1943

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Hamilton. A Rare Metal U.S. Navy Model 22 Forty-Eight Hour Chronometer Deck Watch with Double Wooden Flat Boxes
Signed Hamilton, Lancaster, PA, USA, Movement No. 2F26415, Case No. 209'626, Circa 1943
35 size lever movement, 21 jewels, marked US. Navy-BU Ships, 1943, metal dust cover, silvered dial, Arabic numerals, outer minute track, 48 hour up and down indication, subsidiary seconds, oversized circular case, coin-edged bezel and rim, plain circular screw back, dial and movement signed by manufacturer, case signed Keystone
71mm diam.

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Lot Essay

Following entry in to World War II, the United States Navy required reliable timekeepers for their expanding fleet. With few chronometers available, the US Navy Observatory issued a challenge to watch makers to design and produce a high grade chronometer that met Navy requirements, including the ability to interchange parts and their immediate availability. The Hamilton Watch Company fulfilled the request with both the Model 21 with helical hairspring and the Model 22 like the present example. The Model 22 was housed in the typical gimbal mount or in the more rare version with the double wooden flat boxes. It is thought the large pocket watch format of the present example was used on smaller PT boats.

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