Iron Porthole Clock 18" Ship's Teak Wood Steering Wheel

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This decorative wooden Ship Steering Wheel Clock is made of solid seesham (teak) wood with a clock mounted in a iron metal porthole in it's center. The Ships Steering Wheel measures 18" in diameter from handle end to handle end. Free Shipping!

Iron Porthole Clock 18" Ship's Steering Wheel

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Iron Porthole Clock Ships Teak Wood Steering Wheel

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Porthole Clock Steering Wheel Nautical Wall Decor

Ship's Steering Wheel Iron Porthole Clock 18"

This decorative wooden Ship Steering Wheel Clock is made of solid seesham (teak) wood with a clock mounted in a iron metal porthole in it's center. The Ships Steering Wheel measures 18" in diameter from handle end to handle end.

The clock face measures approx. 5" in diameter and has roman numerals on it. The clock movement is quartz and requires one AA battery (not included). There is not a better way to enhance your nautical marine decor than with a rugged wooden ship steering wheel.

Ship Steering Wheel Porthole Clock Iron Metal The wheel of a ship is the modern method of adjusting the angle of the rudder, in turn changing the direction of the boat or ship. It is also called the helm, together with the rest of the steering mechanism. Helmsmen on older ships used a tiller (a long stick) fixed directly to the rudder, or a whipstaff (a vertical stick acting on the tiller). Early ships wheels (c. 1700) were operated to correspond to the motion of the tiller, with a clockwise motion (corresponding to a right tiller motion) turning the rudder and thus the ship to the left. Eventually the control direction of the wheel was reversed to make it more consistent with the action of a motor vehicle's steering wheel.

The wheel is typically connected to a mechanical, electric servo, or hydraulic system.

In some modern ships the wheel is replaced with a simple toggle that remotely controls an electro-mechanical or electro-hydraulic drive for the rudder, with a rudder position indicator presenting feedback to the helmsperson.

The design of the ship's wheel probably influenced that of the modern steering wheel. The article "Steering_wheel_(ship)" is part of the Wikipedia encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steering_wheel_(ship)