RAF Operations Clock

12 Nov 2010 17:27 #11 by Paul Francis
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You are forgetting the US Army Air Force sector clocks which were also used by the RAF in the ATAF, made by Seth Thomas with a face having five-minute segments using red, yellow and blue but also green, yellow, red and blue 15 minute colour segments.

You can tell a builder from an archaeologist by the size of his trowel. Mine is a small one!

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12 Nov 2010 18:39 #12 by carnaby
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These are of interest:

www.aeroclocks.com/Catalog_pages/sector.htm

www.christopherward.co.uk/C80GB1.html

Then click on 'download a manual for this watch'

Graham

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12 Nov 2010 18:50 #13 by Paul Francis
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MM is that your living room clock? Or the one at St Mawgan.

You can tell a builder from an archaeologist by the size of his trowel. Mine is a small one!

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14 Nov 2010 18:11 #14 by Paul Francis
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Just noticed you may have the Mks wrong, according to the official AHB official history on Raid & Reporting etc (pub 1952) the earliest pre-WWII version had ten minute segments which were used in the first filter room at Bawdsey Manor in July 1937. After the Air Defence Exercises of that year, ten minute segments were reduced to five, as the filter room table was quickly congested as the tracks were remaining on the table too long. It is very unlikely though that you will ever see a ten-minute version as the originals were either re-faced or over-painted with 5 minute segments.

You can tell a builder from an archaeologist by the size of his trowel. Mine is a small one!

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14 Nov 2010 18:15 #15 by canberra
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Does anyone know if theres any reason why the badge on these clocks is an Airmans cap badge and not the RAF crest?

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15 Nov 2010 09:16 #16 by mawganmad
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I wish NP, it's the one at the old man's work place!

James Thomas

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05 Sep 2014 20:43 #17 by David Thompson
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I've pinched this from Key Forums but a sector clock copy is available for £2-99 in Home Bargains ! ;
forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?1...cks-in-Home-Bargains

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