Found a clock on the beach

[banja]

What time did you find it?

 

[me227]

You have angered the Sea Gods.

 

[deanolfc]

1. Open it up
2. Google-Fu
3. Report back.

 

[FoxEye]

I'm pretty sure it dates back to Roman times. You can tell by some of the numbers.

 

[Orionaut]

Isn't it against the law to take marine cargo / salvage?

Not quite, but you are "supposed" to report any finds to the "Receiver of the wreck"

See here

I imagine that if it is a ships chronometer of some sort, it will have a serial number on it somewhere and you might actually be able to discover its history.

This is something that might actually be more interesting than the timepiece itself.

 

[d_brennen]

 

[Windle]

Under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, you must report to the Receiver of Wreck all wreck material recovered from UK territorial waters and any wreck material brought into the UK from outside UK territorial waters. This includes:

wreck material found in or on the sea
wreck material washed ashore in tidal waters
material recovered from a wreck site - regardless of age, size or apparent importance or value
When you report recovered wreck material to the Receiver, you may be entitled to a salvage award.

Scapa flow is a wreck site so needs reported (why didn't you just take it into the scapa flow museum?).

 

[DJMK4]

History history, want to see where it came from what period date, what happened, could there be more ?

 

[Jaystation]

Looks pretty interesting. Definitely looking forward to the OP posting more!

 

[Orionaut]

Under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, you must report to the Receiver of Wreck all wreck material recovered from UK territorial waters and any wreck material brought into the UK from outside UK territorial waters. This includes:

wreck material found in or on the sea
wreck material washed ashore in tidal waters
material recovered from a wreck site - regardless of age, size or apparent importance or value
When you report recovered wreck material to the Receiver, you may be entitled to a salvage award.

Scapa flow is a wreck site so needs reported (why didn't you just take it into the scapa flow museum?).

As an aside, does anybody here know why radiation monitoring rooms (The very sensitive ones) are traditionally lined with "Battleship Armour"

 

[Nitefly]

Looks a bit like a pound coin?

 

[Threepwood]

Looks a bit like a pound coin?

It's too small to be a pound coin, compared to that pocket watch.

 

[Cosimo]

Why don't you send the pictures to the Scapa Flow Museum and see what they say?

 

[SickAsAParrot]

Looks like a bog-standard mantlepiece clock that's lost it's casing.

Have you tried hitting it with a hammer until it works? That's what I normally do, it works with the kids.

 

[Rich]

Under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, you must report to the Receiver of Wreck all wreck material recovered from UK territorial waters and any wreck material brought into the UK from outside UK territorial waters. This includes:

wreck material found in or on the sea
wreck material washed ashore in tidal waters
material recovered from a wreck site - regardless of age, size or apparent importance or value
When you report recovered wreck material to the Receiver, you may be entitled to a salvage award.

Scapa flow is a wreck site so needs reported (why didn't you just take it into the scapa flow museum?).

I'll contact the museum and see what they say. I found it on an evening and was just to fly straight from work at 4:20. I didn't have time to take it anywhere (I don't live there).

 

[Atlas23]

Looks like it's been nuked from orbit