Ferrari Mailing List: Re: No Ferrari Content - Waltham Aircraft Clocks.

[Peter Rychel (dino308gt4]

I'm pleased to hear your transaction and the clock worked out fine. I've had a couple of overseas ebay transactions that went bad... Didn't want to take a chance.

I noticed the same thing too with my 500, although not a huge discrepancy. At least with my old Smart car, the little clock "pod" on top of the dash was an old-school analog (electrically operated) and kept time spot-on throughout my ownership.

Peter

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From: Ferrari <ferrari-bounces+dino308gt4=hotmail.com [at] ferrarilist.com> on behalf of Erik Nielsen <judge4re [at] gmail.com>
Sent: September 29, 2016 7:16 AM
To: PeterGT4
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] No Ferrari Content - Waltham Aircraft Clocks.

 

I have one of those Russian clocks sitting on my desk along with a stand that I purchased on eBay for less than $20.  I think the clock was around $80 or so.  It has become quite the conversation piece and I find the ticking sound to be fairly calming.  It was the same model clock that was in the Yak52 my neighbor let me fly.  I know that it works inverted.

Keeps time more accurately than the digital clock in my Fiat 500...

Erik

On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:54 PM, Peter Rychel <dino308gt4 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:

I bought mine off of ebay about eight years ago and it was around $600. Ran a bit fast at first, but a minor tweak of the balance wheel hairspring kept it fine. Everything else was excellent. The seller was a collectibles dealer in the Mid-West (can't remember which state).

A quick look just now reveals various brands (Jaeger-LeCoutre, Waltham, Junghans, etc) in the range of $450 to $1600. 

I do remember in my search for one back then, I came across TONS of Russian clocks at dirt-cheap prices. Buyers located in the Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, etc. Tempting, but I adhered to the saying "Caveat Emptor"...

Peter