USS Wando Engine room clock

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I bought this last week. Something I probably overpaid for. But not often you find a US Navy ships clock with the ships name on the dial. It's an early clock the tugboat was commissioned in 1917 about what the serial numbers of the movement say when it was made. Ashton valve co would make gauges for the engine rooms of ships and trains and factories. My guess is this clock came with the gauges for the engine room of the tugboat when it was built. They would use Chelsea, Seth Thomas and E…

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