web11978-2011h

Published February 13, 2025 at 720 × 1000 in web11978-2011h
Colonial-era brass timekeeper

This timekeeper was the first American-made marine timekeeper taken to sea. William Cranch Bond, a 23-year-old Boston clockmaker, crafted it during the War of 1812.
Photo credit: Eric Long, Smithsonian

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