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