August 16, 20232 yr #1 When I use to live in the bay area use to go the Alameda antique fair at the old Navy base it's now closed as a Navy base use to pull in there on the USS Mauna Kea AE-22 a big bomb an ammo ship one spark you're done. But at the antique fair since I collect this stuff, I knew what it was. Seen them online at some watch collector's forum. Don't think anyone knew what it was, or someone would have got it before me. Got it for 150.00 cheap. It's a German Army message center clock made by Junhgans with clear issue marks inside case. That big round thing on the movement you turn that to wind it the little nob to set the time. Guess this is like the US Army message center clock when a radio message comes in you use this to mark the time the message came in. Is message center clock the right name for it? Has two pull out metal legs to keep it level not to tip over due to its odd size. Think the German army still uses a version of this today with a green plastic case maybe quartz movement seen them for sale on eBay before. Wonder if I should try to touch the paint where it peeled off only in that one spot.
August 23, 20232 yr #2 On 8/16/2023 at 10:15 PM, River Rat1 said: Is message center clock the right name for it? Hi River Rat1. Apparently the correct terminology for these 'Station Clocks' is 'Betreibsuhren', 'Stationsuhren' or by current collectors as 'Funkeruhren'. According to this highly informative article yours is either a mid to late war 'Luftwaffe' model or late war 'Heer'. Yours appears the same as the 'Luftwaffe' model but the 'Waffenant' stamp points towards 'Heer' though these were found on the base. https://sites.ph9.com/RemcoCaspers617/upload/editor/files/Wehrmacht WW2 Station clocks.pdf Great post and artefact to own... Gunner
August 31, 20232 yr Author #3 Gunner thanks for the link. Basically, did the same job at the US Army message center clock just called a station clock used to time radio messages. The ones the US used were made by Chelsea and came in two sizes looked like a ships clock but put in a wooden box for easy transport.
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