Aircraft Clocks

Congratulations, it looks in excellent condition.

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Well it has taken a while (over a year) but got the first in the collection!

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Hi all , must disagree that clocks have become dearer , over the past few years values have dropped if anything , remember that the first 2 things stripped from a wreck was always the compass and clock .

I just purchased a working rim wound AM clock for $150 australian , clocks like these were worth 300+ at one stage , just keep looking on evil bay they always turn up.

cheers dave

One of the reason even working vintage ones are expensive, is that they still are immensely popular in glider competitions for timing of AAT tasks. A good clock will be gone in no time usually. You might find the occasional vintage clock on segelflug.de (kleinanzeigen), the specialist glider site.

I am an apprentice clock geek and have around 10 at any one time.

The reference books are easy – Whitney for American clocks and Knirim for both German and British clocks.

The designation of which clock was used on which aircraft is subjective as most were general purpose.

Where to buy -there are usually a couple at NAM Aeroboot as well as Shoreham.

Some military dealers have some – Tiger Collectibles ; CJ Balm, Bomphoons etc.

Ebay is useful but you have to be careful- especially if you want working ones.

Generally Prices have doubled in the last 5 years. Only by experience will you know what is the right price.

On what clocks to have – the British are nice but you will struggle to get a full collection as the Mk3 are expensive and the mk1 extremely extremely rare (only used in a couple of Flying Boats).

Also there are very few people prepared to fix the Smiths clocks 2B, 2C, 2D and Mk 4, 5. The Mk2 Jaeger Le Coultre is expensive and repairable.

German clocks – are again nice – there are several types of the so called 109 clocks so you can be busy for a while. Several stalls at Speyer have them – but clocks in Germany are collectible and expensive.

I have had Junghans 109 clocks but as they are only 1 day clocks – As I am away a lot – I have restricted myself to 8 day clocks. I keep all my clocks running.

There are several US types – the A11 , A13, CDIA, Hamilton Elgin etc.

There are the Russian clocks – avoid the 2 day and restrict your self to the 5 or 8 day versions (far better mechanisms).

It all depends what you want to do with them.

I have also progressed to US Military ships clocks – Chelsea, Seth Thomas (and Max Low).