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It is an important distinction. If the time was PM, that would mean the watch stopped before many eyewitnesses say the Hunley struck the Housatonic with its torpedo and caused it to sink. Accounts from survivors of the wreck vary, but a majority of the witnesses place the attack from anywhere between 8:45 to 9:00 PM. The other possible scenario was that the time reflected the day after the attack, and the watch had simply wound down.
To answer these questions, Hunley archaeologists enlisted help from time-piece experts at the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors (NAWCC). By examining the internal mechanism of the watch, they confirmed the hour and minute hands remained in place and were not slowly changed by outside forces. For whatever reason, the watch indeed stopped at 8:23.
A pocket watch found among the remains of Capt. George Dixon inside the submarine H.L. Hunley is on display at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center in North Charleston on June 2, 2022. Upon opening the watch, scientists found the hands at 8:23 p.m. Researchers are hopeful the discoveries from the watch and other artifacts from the Hunley may lead to unearthing the fate of the submarine and crew. Henry Taylor/Staff
A $20 coin said to have stopped a bullet and saved the life of Hunley Capt. George Dixon is on display as a part of a new exhibit with jewelry found in the sub at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center in North Charleston on June 2, 2022. Henry Taylor/Staff
Nicholas DeLong, an archeologist with Clemson University, explains the meaning behind some of the items found with the remains of Capt. George Dixon in the wreck of the H.L. Hunley that are now on display at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center in North Charleston, on June 2, 2022. Henry Taylor/Staff
An overview of the H.L. Hunley museum with a banner showing the actual size of the submarine, stairs leading to where the Hunley is preserved, and in the left corner, a new exhibit featuring artifacts found with the remains of Capt. George Dixon, is pictured at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center in North Charleston on June 2, 2022. Henry Taylor/Staff
Nicholas DeLong, an archeologist with Clemson University, and Kim Roche, a conservator from Clemson University, talk about the artifacts found with the remains of Captain Dixon and the submarine H.L. Hunley that are now on display at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center in North Charleston, June 2, 2022. Henry Taylor/Staff
Now, experts hope research about his watch can help solve the mystery of why the first successful submarine to sink an enemy vessel abruptly disappeared afterward off Sullivan's Island for more than a century.
The watch tells experts when during the night things turned terrible for the Hunley and its crew, either after being affected by some sort of strike or becoming awash in seawater on Feb. 17, 1864. It stopped ticking at 8:23 p.m. local time.
"Looking at a display like this is amazing because you don't often get this kind of information out of any shipwreck," said Clemson University conservator Kim Roche, who works on the Hunley inside its conservation lab on the grounds of the former Navy base and shipyard in North Charleston.
What they do know is that it was working earlier that night, DeLong says. Not only was the watch in pristine condition, but the main watch spring was intact and its wind key was later found aboard the vessel.
The watch, which is made of high-content gold, silver and copper and has crystal, a ceramic face and iron hands on the inside, was preserved in mud along with other artifacts in the Hunley, Roche said.
"Artifacts like these are so fascinating because they tell so many layers of stories," Roche said. "You have the story of Dixon, the story of a missing submarine, you even have evidence of timekeeping practices."
The privately owned vessel that was sanctioned by the Confederacy sank twice before Dixon took charge, convinced he could crack the code of making the sub a military success. That happened that February night when his team successfully sank the Union blockade ship Housatonic.
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