It runs as long as there's power in the mainspring. Does anyone have an instruction manual or original box for such a watch? It's an elgin grade 582 'jitterbug' timer.
On the case and movement. 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. Made in 1943, in this case.
Increments and the small hand measures minutes up to. You have a waltham model 11609 , type a, no. 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 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 ?? It's not really a stopwatch in the standard sense.
It was wound “tight” and did not.