Made in 1943, in this case. It's an elgin grade 582 'jitterbug' timer. On the case and movement.
Does anyone have an instruction manual or original box for such a watch? Increments and the small hand measures minutes up to. Recently acquired an elgin stopwatch i have never seen before.
Under the serial number database its described as a military. 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. The wright bros the sun flyer stopwatch has a serial number 155813 this the racer horse timer has a serial number 152*** the following horse timer also has an. The way the dial is marked it for timing a 5 mile run at between 120 and 500 miles an hour ??
The large hand measures seconds in 1/5 sec. It's not really a stopwatch in the standard sense. It was wound “tight” and did not. It was an hour decimal stopwatch that a full revolution of the sweep hand takes only.
Last week i posted a photo of what i thought may be a very unusual vintage gallet timer.