Vintage CHELSEA Clock Boston US NAVY Ship 428100 Electrical Signal DRT
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Hi, I am a retired military/merchant ship captain. I figured I would give you a little info on this clock, as I have used them and also owned them (currently have one). During my enlisted days in the Navy I used these clocks. They are not for anti-submarine zigzag steering. These are found inside the Combat Information Center (CIC) of a older warship, in a contact/target plotter machine (used when in its automated mode) called a DRT. This clock tells the plotter when to place a pencil mark on a large plot to mark the progress of your own ship based on course and speed inputs, and this triggers the person plotting to also mark all targets (friend or foe) on the plot to establish their course, speed and proximity to your own vessel. These have been replaced by computer automated radars and plotters. Might help with your listing INFORMATION FROM A VETERAN WHO HAD 3 OF THESE AT ONE POINT. SO THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE USES FOR THIS??? No bell it's called a Zig Zag Clock. Used when a battle group during WW2 was avoiding Japanese Submarines the Lead Destroyer would radio the battle group to start Zig Zag maneuvers. do you understand sir? The clock was hooked up to electrical systems that's why you see the wires on the outside the opening was closed off after the ship was Decommissioned. SO OVERALL I DONT KNOW MORE ABOUT IT THAN MY BELOW DESCRIPTION BUT HAVE SOME INFORMATION ABOVE FROM OTHERS WHO ACTUALLY USED THIS TYPE OF CLOCK. Vintage-----#T----- WW2 CHELSEA Clock Co. Boston US NAVY Ship RARE CLOCK WITH AN ELECTRICAL SIGNAL FOR A BELL. SERIAL NUMBER 428100 Clock. 7 1/2 INCH ACROSS FRONT OF CLOCK . THE BRASS CHELSEA KEY IS NEWER THAN THE CLOCK. THE CLOCK IS SERIAL NUMBER 428100 FOR DATE 1940-1944 THE FRONT DIAL IS MARKED: CHELSEA CLOCK CO. U.S.NAVY. THE BACK OF THE CLOCK CASE IS MARKED: LOW 359537. THE CLOCK HAS A GOOD BALANCE BUT OVERBANKS. THE DIAL HAS A LEVER PIN SAYS : START STOP AND THIS OVERBANKS THE CLOCK. THE CENTER WHEEL HAS A LUCITE OR PLASTIC PIECE THAT TWO CONTACTS RIDE ON WHEN RUNNING. THE BRIDGE IS ON THE CLOCK FOR THE TWO CONTACTS TO BE AT BUT THEY HAVE BEEN REMOVED. THE HANDS ARE BLACKED AND THE CASE IS BLACKED-- THIS IS ORIGINAL . I am told this is called a zigzag clock and that the serial number of the movement should match the case serial number but it does not so must have been switched out in the cleaning room of the repair center for navy clocks. sold just as it came to me. THE FRONT BEZEL HAS THE ORIGINAL GLASS AND HAS A FEW DENTS IN THE RIM. THE BEZEL OPENS FROM BOTTOM TO TOP NOT SIDE TO SIDE. THE CASE HAS TWO ELECTRICAL CONTACTS ON THE OUTSIDE FOR THE WIRES TO ATTACH TO. I AM TOLD THIS WAS HOOKED UP TO A BELL, AND THAT A FULLY OPERATIONAL CLOCK WITH THE SOLD FOR A LOT OF MONEY LIKE $5000.00. THIS CLOCK HAS NO CONTACTS AND NEEDS ADJUSTING and CLEANING SO IT DOES NOT OVERBANK WHEN THE STOP START LEVER IS MOVED. SOLD AS SHOWN AS IS FOR A RARE EXAMPLE OF A WW2 MILITARY NAVY CLOCK.
Hi, I am a retired military/merchant ship captain. I figured I would give you a little info on this clock, as I have used them and also owned them (currently have one). During my enlisted days in the Navy I used these clocks. They are not for anti-submarine zigzag steering. These are found inside the Combat Information Center (CIC) of a older warship, in a contact/target plotter machine (used when in its automated mode) called a DRT. This clock tells the plotter when to place a pencil mark on a large plot to mark the progress of your own ship based on course and speed inputs, and this triggers the person plotting to also mark all targets (friend or foe) on the plot to establish their course, speed and proximity to your own vessel. These have been replaced by computer automated radars and plotters. Might help with your listing INFORMATION FROM A VETERAN WHO HAD 3 OF THESE AT ONE POINT. SO THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE USES FOR THIS??? No bell it's called a Zig Zag Clock. Used when a battle group during WW2 was avoiding Japanese Submarines the Lead Destroyer would radio the battle group to start Zig Zag maneuvers. do you understand sir? The clock was hooked up to electrical systems that's why you see the wires on the outside the opening was closed off after the ship was Decommissioned. SO OVERALL I DONT KNOW MORE ABOUT IT THAN MY BELOW DESCRIPTION BUT HAVE SOME INFORMATION ABOVE FROM OTHERS WHO ACTUALLY USED THIS TYPE OF CLOCK. Vintage-----#T----- WW2 CHELSEA Clock Co. Boston US NAVY Ship RARE CLOCK WITH AN ELECTRICAL SIGNAL FOR A BELL. SERIAL NUMBER 428100 Clock. 7 1/2 INCH ACROSS FRONT OF CLOCK . THE BRASS CHELSEA KEY IS NEWER THAN THE CLOCK. THE CLOCK IS SERIAL NUMBER 428100 FOR DATE 1940-1944 THE FRONT DIAL IS MARKED: CHELSEA CLOCK CO. U.S.NAVY. THE BACK OF THE CLOCK CASE IS MARKED: LOW 359537. THE CLOCK HAS A GOOD BALANCE BUT OVERBANKS. THE DIAL HAS A LEVER PIN SAYS : START STOP AND THIS OVERBANKS THE CLOCK. THE CENTER WHEEL HAS A LUCITE OR PLASTIC PIECE THAT TWO CONTACTS RIDE ON WHEN RUNNING. THE BRIDGE IS ON THE CLOCK FOR THE TWO CONTACTS TO BE AT BUT THEY HAVE BEEN REMOVED. THE HANDS ARE BLACKED AND THE CASE IS BLACKED-- THIS IS ORIGINAL . I am told this is called a zigzag clock and that the serial number of the movement should match the case serial number but it does not so must have been switched out in the cleaning room of the repair center for navy clocks. sold just as it came to me. THE FRONT BEZEL HAS THE ORIGINAL GLASS AND HAS A FEW DENTS IN THE RIM. THE BEZEL OPENS FROM BOTTOM TO TOP NOT SIDE TO SIDE. THE CASE HAS TWO ELECTRICAL CONTACTS ON THE OUTSIDE FOR THE WIRES TO ATTACH TO. I AM TOLD THIS WAS HOOKED UP TO A BELL, AND THAT A FULLY OPERATIONAL CLOCK WITH THE SOLD FOR A LOT OF MONEY LIKE $5000.00. THIS CLOCK HAS NO CONTACTS AND NEEDS ADJUSTING and CLEANING SO IT DOES NOT OVERBANK WHEN THE STOP START LEVER IS MOVED. SOLD AS SHOWN AS IS FOR A RARE EXAMPLE OF A WW2 MILITARY NAVY CLOCK.
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