Stand Included, a $50.00 value!   A very rare classic Wardroom clock with all the right the added feature of having served on a Sun tanker. In pristine original condition and keeping perfect time. Perfect for superior collection or for use on shipboard

Presented is a superior example of a Chelsea Cock Co., marine clock, Movement Ser. No. 437140 dating the clock to Ca 1942. The serial number on the case is 705473, Ca 1967, which happens frequently on Navy clocks which are serviced on shipboard. This is a exceptional ship's clock keeping time with my quartz wristwatch. It has a six inch 12 hour silvered brass dial in recently refinished condition, black moon hands, and a small bit seconds hand over the center. It is housed in a heavy weight seven inch forged brass case with the rare pink cast marking it as "bell metal" The bezel is screw type.

 

CHELSEA is etched in black upper case letters within the seconds bit, and the famous and rare Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Chester, PA. is acid etched below the center hands arbor. It has a 8 day time only movement with an 9-jeweled escapement which appears new, and may account for its good timekeeping. It weighs almost 7 pounds. Chelsea key included.

 

Refinished dial

Serial Number 437140

 

SUN SHIPBUILDING BRIEF HISTORY: The company launched its first vessel in Chester in 1917 just as the United States entered the war. In the 1920s Sun Shipbuilding activities included construction of tankers for the Standard Oil Company. In World War II Sun Ship built 281 T-2 tanker oil carriers, nearly 40 percent of all the tankers built in this country in that period, as well as hospital ships and C4 cargo carriers for the US Maritime Commission. During the war a number of cargo ships originally built by Sun Shipbuilding were converted to flush-deck escort carriers (CVEs) at other shipyards. By the end of the war, Sun Shipbuilding was a city of its own, sprawling along the Delaware river.

 

After the war activities ranged from construction C4 Mariner cargo ships and repairs of US Navy destroyers to scrapping war-surplus vessels such as the aircraft carrier CV-4 Ranger. But the company was hit hard by the restructuring of the US economy and increasing competition from abroad. The Glomar Explorer was built in 1973 by Sun Shipbuilding for a secret CIA mission to retrieve a sunken Russian submarine. With the continuing deterioration of its business, on 15 February 1977 Sun Shipbuilding launched its last cargo ship, Westward Venture, having delivered 543 ships over a span of six decades.

INTERNATIONAL BUYERS WELCOME, but inquire first. We have customers in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Chile, China, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Holland, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Martinique, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Nova Scotia, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, United Arab Emirates, USVI and the Eastern Caribbean.

 

WARRANTY: We guarantee that this clock will be working on arrival and that our description is entirely accurate or your money back. If not completely satisfied with your purchase it may be returned, if without damage, within three days of receipt in its original condition and packaging. The only conditions are that an email authorization be obtained, and that the instrument is returned in its original condition and packaging, and insured for its full value. Unfortunately, shipping charges are not included in this offer and are non-refundable unless we are at fault. This does not affect our policy on shipping damage which is discussed below.