Recently acquired an elgin stopwatch i have never seen before The way the dial is marked it for timing a 5 mile run at between 120 and 500 miles an hour ? It reaches the 30 mark (times 10=300) on the dial in 1 minute which as it states on the dial if you did a 5 mile run in one minute you. It is actually a ground navigation timer not a bomb timer When flying over the ground you would start the timer at a known landmark then stop it at another some distance away You can determine your ground speed that way
One was my father in laws who was an aircraft navigator and retired as a ltcol from the air force. I just acquired another meylan stopwatch at a small antique mall in ferdinand, in for five bucks, just seemed like to good of a deal to pass up It was wound “tight” and did not want to tick, but i purchased it anyway as i thought to myself, “self, since the american olympic trials in swimming. You have a waltham model 11609 , type a, no The large hand measures seconds in 1/5 sec Increments and the small hand measures minutes up to 30 min
Info from military timepieces by whitney As to exactly what it was used for, no idea. Unless otherwise noted, any photographs and images in this post are owned by the poster and should not be used without permission. On the case and movement Does anyone have an instruction manual or original box for such a watch The plastic crystal has a blue tint to it, is this common
Thanks, brad maisto, ky floral #44 secretary p The elgin timer is not really a stop watch in the standard sense Stop watches stop and start the train and escapement, whereas the elgin timer's train and escapement run as long as it's wound The stopping and starting of the hands is accomplished using what is essentially column wheel chronograph works under the dial. The timer was also used as an instrument/tool while firing ordinance
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