June 2015 Assignment: Numbers.

Bourbon Neat

Bourbon Neat

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nzswift

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More numbers in 2.5" diameter then I've seen!
Don't know why the EXIF is missing, never cropped, just tweaked the exposure a little in LR5. Weird that the same image on Flickr shows the EXIF!!! Was taken June 12.
Now tell the time??????clock.jpg
 
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Bob Blaylock

Bob Blaylock

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nzswift said:
More numbers in 2.5" diameter then I've seen!
Don't know why the EXIF is missing, never cropped, just tweaked the exposure a little in LR5. Was taken June 12.
Now tell the time??????
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It's 11:32:52 according to the clock at the time the picture was taken. A true 24-hour clock.

How much do you know about this clock? I'm struck by the similarity to a clock that I own, while being, in other ways, very much different. See http://nikonites.com/weekly-photo-c...-1-oct-8-slow-down-post362966.html#post362966 and http://nikonites.com/weekly-photo-c...-nov-26-dec-3-wind-post384159.html#post384159.

It's meant to be mounted in a military aircraft, isn't it?

Mine, I found in a thrift store, many years ago. Mine's Russian, and on some further research, I've determined that it or some model very similar to it was standard equipment in the MiG-29.

I'm particularly struck by the two knobs, arranged just as on mine, and with the left one being painted red. I'm wondering if the knobs function the same as on my clock.

On mine:
  • The red knob on the left…
    • When turned counterclockwise, winds the clock's spring.
    • When pulled, allows setting the time.
    • When pushed, starts, stops, and resets a smaller upper dial labeled “ВРЕМЯ ПОЛЕТА” (meaning “FLIGHT TIME”) [Probably corresponding exactly to the “ELAPSED TIME” dial on your clock.]
  • And the knob on the right (labeled “ПУСК” (meaning “START”) on mine)
    • Turned counterclockwise, it stops the entire clock. Turned clockwise, it resumes the clock.
    • Pushed, it follows this sequence…
      • It stops the second hand, allowing the rest of the clock to continue running.
      • It resets the second-hand to zero.
      • It releases the second hand, allowing it to continue running.

The lower dial on my clock is rather inscrutable in purpose. On yours, it seems to be labeled counterclockwise, from 0 to 60. On mine, it's labeled clockwise, from 0 to 30, and is labeled “СЕК” which means “SECONDS”; but it runs at such a speed as to take thirty minutes to make a complete cycle, so it really counts minutes, not seconds. And nothing seems to start, stop, set, or reset it, other than the controls that I have noted which stop and start the entire clock.
 
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nzswift

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Hi Bob
Spot on with the time!!!
It's a Jaeger Le Coutre Chronoflite aero clock
The left knob performs as yours does. The right knob performs differently to yours. Turning does nothing. Press it once and the clock pauses, press again and the second hand moves to the top and press again and it restarts.
The bottom dial I'm unsure of but it changes the coloured discs from white (day) to orange (night) maybe. Came from a USAF plane that crashed at Gaudalcanal in WW2 and was retrieved by my dad.
A good website is:
JAEGER LECOULTRE CHRONOFLITE
 
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