Pocket watch, fob and chain
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- Title:
- Pocket watch, fob and chain
- Date:
- 1860
- Description:
- Gold watch with attached chain and fob, found in mint condition. Images show watch in its initial location within the submarine interior during excavation, the watch with glass cover and sediment concretion on the glass, the inside watch face without the glass cover and the sediment contained within the watch, gears removed from the watch casing with evidence of corrosion, x-ray photograph of the gear mechanism, opposite side of the watch mechanism following conservation treatment, cleaned and treated watch with chain and fob, and close-up of the watch face and clamshell closure with glass and gold cover.
- Collection Title:
- Hunley Artifact Collection – Personal Artifacts
- Contributing Institution:
- Friends of the Hunley
- Media Type:
- Objects
- Personal or Corporate Subject:
- H.L. Hunley (Submarine)
- Topical Subject:
- Pocket watches United States and Gold--Metallurgy
- S.C. County:
- Charleston County (S.C.)
- Shelving Locator:
- HL-2909
- Date Digital:
- 2006-09-26
- Digitization Specifications:
- 300 dpi, 24-bit depth, Nikon E990 and E4500;72 dpi, 24-bit depth, Fuji FinePixS2Pro
- Internet Media Type:
- image/jpeg
- Copyright Status Statement:
- Digital image copyright 2013, Friends of the Hunley. All rights reserved. For more information, contact Friends of the Hunley at 843.743.4865.
- Admin ID:
- 32576
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