Clock
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 8-day/aircraft
- DATE
- 1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2005.0205.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Wittnauer
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Predom. aluminum; paper (?) card; glass.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.0 cm
- Width
- 6.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- 3.8 cm
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Horology
- Category
- Clocks
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Wittnauer
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- This clock is ink stamped Feb. 26, 1959; likely installed before the DHC-6 Twin Otter's first flight in 1965; removed after its last flight in Sept. 1973.
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
To keep time aboard aircraft; contains two mainsprings to provide enough torque to keep it running continuously without winding for 8 days. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Lettering on face reads: "CLOCK/WITTNAUER/8 DAY"; lettering ink stmaped on back reads: "35 380004 1/B42493 11/A-11-63-1A-ET/FEB 26 1959/FUNCTIONAL TEST/G".
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Predom. black; clear glass; black face with white numbers & lettering; white & red hands.
- Decoration
- None.
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Wittnauer, Clock, 1959, Artifact no. 2005.0205, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2005.0205.001/
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