[CW] Ship Radio Room clock

[Richard Knoppow]

    The clocks had a speed adjustment. I small wheel sticking out 
the front of the dial. These were not particularly accurate 
clocks but could be set for reasonable accuracy. Usually, the 
setting was made for the entire winding interval, nominally seven 
days although the mechanism had an extra day of margin.
     A later version had the emergency intervals for great lakes 
ships marked in addition to the high seas markings, generally in 
green.
     If you open the clock you will find the date of manufacture 
or approval on the "platform" which is the part with the escapement.

On 1/9/2022 9:14 AM, Jeff Logullo wrote:
> Here’s a nice explanation of the items (silence periods) on the 
> clock’s face:
> 
> https://g0kya.blogspot.com/2010/09/history-of-ships-radio-room-clocks.html 
> <https://g0kya.blogspot.com/2010/09/history-of-ships-radio-room-clocks.html>
> 
> It looks like there’s an indicator on your clock’s face (between 
> 2 and 3) showing the position of a Fast/Slow adjustment 
> (presumably on the back). True?
> 
> Ah - now I see the spot for the winding key on the front (above 
> 6). So maybe the F/S is adjusted from the front...?
> 
> That’s a handsome clock - take good care of it :-)
> 
> Jeff N0̸MII
> 
> 
>> On Jan 9, 2022, at 10:05 AM, abqcooks--- via CW 
>> <cw at mailman.qth.net <mailto:cw at mailman.qth.net>> wrote:
>>
>> Here's a photo of a wall clock I have in the shack. Supposedly 
>> it dates to WW2 and was on a Navy ship.  Since there's been 
>> chatter about coastal stations and such I thought I would post 
>> this photo. Note it's marked Mackay Radio. Any old timers seen 
>> a clock like this ??
> 
> 
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Richard Knoppow
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WB6KBL