Time in Hand (Shipston) Ltd has dated this Thomas Mercer Ship Clock to the 1900s.
Thomas Mercer was born in 1822 in St. Helens.
In 1854 he went to London and found his first job at John Fletcher, a well-known manufacturer of marine chronometers. Four years later, he split amicably from Fletcher to found his own company that became well-known under his name. He opened his first workshop in Clerkenwell at 161 Goswell Road.
This particular clock possesses an 8-day movement, high-quality, with a lever platform escapement.
The case is brass with a thick cast bezel and crystal glass.
Ref. 3660
Time in Hand (Shipston) Ltd has dated this Thomas Mercer Ship Clock to the 1900s.
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Thomas Mercer Ship Clock
