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Old 7th Aug 2014, 10:28
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Puma clock

Any of you Benson/rotary chaps able to tell me which company made that little analogue clock on the instrument panel in the Mk1?
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An instant brain flash said it began with a 'B' and it wasn't Breitling. We were told that it was the same as in the Concorde. Clockwork timepieces were compulsory at that time.
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??



One of these I think.

Can't quite remember.
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There was an earlier version than that one.

Btw, that's a stopwatch, not a clock!
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Thommen. Extra words added to let me post.
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Would it not be like the Gazelle one, one for sale here

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Found it!



The Mk1s I flew had something like this, placed just left of the gear indicator. Indeed a Thommen.


Now, I think I might clock-off
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Going by the picture above, is it this.?

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IIRC the AS330J had the same clock as the Puma. The photo of the J's cockpit in Airliners.net show the a clock with the second hand dial at the bottom, as does the picture of the Concorde's cockpit.

However it could have well been a Thommen.
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Rotor monkey,
That's the later version. The original aircraft clock had to be manually wound up.
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Thank you for your replies. Pictures of Thommen I've looked at seem to be the one I was thinking of.

Anybody have one they don't want ?!?!?!?!
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Thank you for your replies. Pictures of Thommen I've looked at seem to be the one I was thinking of.

Anybody have one they don't want ?!?!?!?!
Still in use for new aircraft: I had to wind up the one in an AS350-B3 Squirrel I flew only three days ago
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They have AA battery now on puma HC2 I think.
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They have AA battery now on puma HC2 I think.
Every little helps.
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"The original aircraft clock had to be manually wound up."

Sigh.......yet another job for the Crewman?!

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"The original aircraft clock had to be manually wound up."

Sigh.......yet another job for the Crewman?!

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Could you reach Si?

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