In our History of the World told through things ... This programme is about time, and our object is a clock - a marine chronometer made around 1800. But the point of this clock wasn't so much ...

In our History of the World told through things ... This programme is about time, and our object is a clock - a marine chronometer made around 1800. But the point of this clock wasn't so much ...

Fine watches and jewellery retailer Wempe draws on its history of creating marine chronometers in a new collaboration with British yacht designer Tim Heywood. ‘Ship chronometers are an important part ...

This programme is about time, and our object is a clock - a marine chronometer ... Nigel Thrift: "The chronometer, in a sense, is the pinnacle of a long history of clock- making.

Last week we received an original Hamilton Model 21 marine chronometer, perhaps the most famous timepiece of World War II. While no mechanical timekeeping device can match the accuracy of today ...