Clock dashboard
ISTR the ones with 'ARMY' painted on the side only had the spring-clip for mounting a stopwatch.
it was only when we made it onto Gazelles that they trusted us with anything as exotic as a clock.
it was only when we made it onto Gazelles that they trusted us with anything as exotic as a clock.
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Thank a lot for your answers gentlemen! 
The spring-clip for mounting a stopwatch is fitted on the dashboard. I would like to have something to put here, and why not a pocket watch who can do stopwatch?
Is Smiths never built one?
The spring-clip for mounting a stopwatch is fitted on the dashboard. I would like to have something to put here, and why not a pocket watch who can do stopwatch?
Is Smiths never built one?
I vaguely recall a spring clip for a stop watch on RAF Chipmunks, indeed they might have been used for navex's.
My abiding memory is of having to borrow a mate's digital display watch after mine broke.
It really was disconcerting not being able to just glance at a dial for times elapsed /remaining......
But there again, I was never very bright.
My abiding memory is of having to borrow a mate's digital display watch after mine broke.
It really was disconcerting not being able to just glance at a dial for times elapsed /remaining......
But there again, I was never very bright.
Basically a chrome "Monte Carlo" stopwatch.
I was told it was a "Monte Carlo" but mine clearly says "Smiths" on the dial. I believe the chrome variety were more common.
I never saw a stopwatch during the period that I flew UBAS T10s (1967-1969) and I don't even remember the stopwatch clip, but that might just be due to fading memory. On the other hand, I could never forget the mnemonic for MFFHHB!
Good luck with this!
I advertised in various aviation magazines for many months before I eventually got a response. The owner hand-delivered it to me in Hong Kong (he flew for Virgin Atlantic while I was then with Cathay), he told me he'd removed it from an EE Lightning that was about to be struck off charge. It came with a backing plate but once this was removed it fitted the Chipmunk's brackets perfectly.
Subsequently, ex-RAF Chipmunk drivers have told me that the chromed stopwatch was much more common - but I like mine!
I advertised in various aviation magazines for many months before I eventually got a response. The owner hand-delivered it to me in Hong Kong (he flew for Virgin Atlantic while I was then with Cathay), he told me he'd removed it from an EE Lightning that was about to be struck off charge. It came with a backing plate but once this was removed it fitted the Chipmunk's brackets perfectly.
Subsequently, ex-RAF Chipmunk drivers have told me that the chromed stopwatch was much more common - but I like mine!
Indeed. the Black Monte Carlo wasn't fitted to the Chippy in service. That was a permanent mounted watch, whereas the Chippy had a clip where the aforementioned chrome Monte Carlo was inserted. You had to sign one out from the Sqn Adjutant with the threat of removal of your testicles if not returned.
