We have this vintage brass Seth Thomas corsair model E537-000 ships clock for sale, this item is in excellent condition polished and lacquered, it been disassembled taken a apart and restored.

With new bushing and fresh clocks oil and the mainspring cleaned and regressed, strong working clock

measurements of this item are 5 3/8 inches wide and 3 inchesdeep the back is 5 3/4

Good dial excellent case.

heavy brass case.

This clock strike the ships bell sequences perfectly and key included.

You can find on similar items but not in this condition, probably you can paid less but you will be ending paying more because you need to get your itemto be fix by a professional clockmaker, but I got a good news for you on this one you don’t need to do that, it been service and totally restored by me a professional Clockmaker for over 30 years.

Please buy with confidence...

just in case you don’t already know about the Ship’s Bell code, here’s a quick lesson:

Mariners have used a unique bell code to tell time at sea for hundreds of years. The code is based on the crew’s typical workday routine while the vessel is under way. A ship at sea requires constant attention throughout the day’s twenty-four hours. Therefore, the day is divided into six, four-hour periods, each called a “watch.” Similarly, the crew is broken upinto three divisions. Division members stand their individually assigned duties on two watches per day, with eight hours off duty between watches. To rotate each division’s watch times, the Evening Watch is periodically divided into two watches. These are called Dog Watches because they “dog” the watch schedule for all divisions ahead by one watch period.

First Watch 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m.
Mid-Watch (also Black Watch) 12:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m.
Morning Watch 4:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.
Forenoon Watch 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Afternoon Watch 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Evening Watch 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

The watch officer struck the ship’s bell every half hour to apprise the crew of the time. A single bell denoted the end of the first half hour, and one bell was added each half-hour. Eight bells therefore signaled the end of each four-hour watch.

8 bells: 12:00, 4:00, 8:00
1 bell: 12:30, 4:30, 8:30
2 bells: 1:00, 5:00, 9:00
3 bells: 1:30, 5:30, 9:30
4 bells: 2:00, 6:00, 10:00
5 bells: 2:30, 6:30, 10:30
6 bells: 3:00, 7:00, 11:00
7 bells: 3:30, 7:30, 11:30