Royal Navy Omega clock

[nickn]

I found this yesterday I have read they were used on submarines ???

[nickn]

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[nickn]

This is the back plate

[ROBB]

Have you got a photo of the whole of the clock front and back taken from a bit further away? thanks Rob

[ROBB]

Perhaps the measurements as well , rob

[John Bonnell]

Post it on here (polite introduction essential!) and you'll get just about everything there is to know about it.

https://omegaforums.net/


Dates to 1934-ish according to this table:


https://est1897.co.uk/omega-serial-n...ur-omega-watch

[nickn]

Thanks

The base plate is 5” square approx

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[ROBB]

Its similar to the old railways guards clocks in England. The guard would put the time from the HQ in London on his guards clock which was then locked and he would travel up the line and show the station masters the correct time and they would adjust their clocks accordingly. A bit like this one of mine only more modern ( 1930'S ) Rob

[ROBB]

So perhaps the time was taken at Navy HQ GMT the clock was locked and so on its travels around it would have the correct time which in the navy is mucho importanto . Rob

[nickn]

The key just allows the clock to be removed from the back plate which has four screw holes for mounting
The watch is set and Wound using the large ball crown

[byterock]

Not Navy related at all. A prewar Omgea which is nice a watch clock of some form as ROBB says.

A marine chronometer whould never be attackh to a bulkead they were always isolated in thier own little box.

Funny thing is one of the higests priorty of the lend lease agreement was chronometers. The British stocks of foreign clocks and part dired and up very quickly and domestic prodution was minimal at best. For most of the war they relied on US clocks.

[nickn]

It’s an admiralty pattern deck clock
Apparently these were not commercially sold

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[nickn]

The above is from the Omega forum
It’s a Yale lock I guess the case is British made
I bought a Yale blank from Timptons and cut my own key