Watch Description:-

E. Dent & Co. Hack Watch No. 52872

Maker: E.Dent & Co. London

Model: Hack Watch

Date:-  Purchased Sept. 1906 for £5

Case diameter ex crown: 53mm

Case material: Silver

Movement markings:  DENT, Nr.52872, Watchmaker to the King, London, 61 Strand & 4 Royal Exchange

Movement type: free sprung lever fusee pocket watch, crown wind and set, gilt, full plate movement with lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, gold timing screws and blue flat balance spring 

Case number: 908

Date stamp: 1900

This watch has had an interesting life since it was first purchased by the UK Ministry of Defence in September 1906 for £5 !

Details of the history of the watch are recorded at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich London.

Initially used at the Coloba Observatory in Bombay the watch was later serviced by the well known watchmaker Sidney Better and went on to do service on the Nelson Class Battleship HMS Rodney, the S Class Destroyer HMS Scimitar and HMS Salmon which was an S Class Submarine.

The watch is still working well and keeps excellent time after 122 years since it was made in 1900 !