Limited Edition Historic Ships Navigator

Created with artist David Galbraith, the Historic Ships Navigator turns Comitti’s grasshopper timepiece into a tribute to four vessels that shaped British maritime history: HMS Victory, HMS Endeavour, HMS Beagle and Cutty Sark. Each narrative panel is signed by the artist and set around a 24-carat gold-plated mechanism.

The worldwide edition is limited to 100 individually numbered pieces. A crystal canopy with a gold-plated frame protects the exposed eight-day fusee movement above a piano-black base with a concealed key drawer.

The Art of the Movement

The Navigator is built to place traditional English horology in full view. Comitti finishes and assembles its grasshopper movement by hand, with the gear train cut from solid brass before the components are fettled and polished. Pivots are burnished, bearing holes carefully finished, and the completed mechanism receives its 24-carat gold plating so that the movement carries the same visual refinement as the cabinet work surrounding it.

The fusee and maintaining-power system is more than a technical specification. The fusee moderates the changing force of the mainspring over the eight-day run, while maintaining power keeps the train driven during winding. Beneath the mitred crystal canopy, that engineering remains completely exposed—the movement itself becoming the centerpiece of the timepiece.

Craftsmanship & Details

• Movement: Hand-finished 24-carat gold-plated grasshopper movement with solid-brass gear train
• Regulation: Fusee regulation with maintaining power for steadier timekeeping
• Power reserve: Eight-day power reserve
• Dial: Silver-plated chapters with Roman and Arabic numerals and fine Breguet hands to indicate the time and passing seconds
• Storage: Piano gloss black lacquered base with push release key drawer
• Glazing & fittings: Crystal-glass canopy with a gold-plated frame protecting the movement
• Edition: Limited edition of 100 pieces worldwide, each piece is numbered and supplied with a Certificate of Authenticity
• Included: A copy of Dava Sobel’s Longitude
• Presentation case: Mahogany-finished travel case

Dimensions

• Height: 20.9 in. (53 cm)
• Width: 13.4 in. (34 cm)
• Depth: 9.8 in. (25 cm)
• Weight: 56.8 lb. (25.75 kg)

Made to order by Comitti of London. Subtle variations in natural materials and hand-finished details are part of each piece’s individual character.