Vintage Waltham Ground Speed Nickel Military Stopwatch, 1943
Item Details
A 1943 Waltham Ground Speed military stopwatch. This vintage watch was used by navigators to calculate ground speed and is nicknamed the Jitterbug due to loud and fast ticking at 144.000 beats per hour. The stopwatch has a classic design with a polished nickel case that frames a black dial with white Arabic numbers, white hands, a ten-second outer ring and a five minute subdial at twelve o’clock.
Brand: | Waltham |
Style: | Vintage |
Type: | Pocket Watch |
Model Name: | Ground Speed |
Serial Number: | 31924573 |
Bezel Material: | Nickel |
Case Material: | Nickel |
Caseback Material: | Nickel |
Movement: | Waltham A – 8 42 – TA , 9 Jewels |
Estimated Production Year: | 1943 |
Pocket Watch Size: | 16 |
Markings to Inside: | base metal, 137781, Keystone |
Functions: | Subdial |
- Timekeeping accuracy not guaranteed.
- This item has been evaluated and verified by a Certified Master Electronic Watchmaker.
- EBTH assumes all watches unisex and does not specify the gender of a piece. For size reference, please see the case measurements of the piece listed under dimensions.
- Pre-owned jewelry may contain minor markings/imperfections throughout.
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Condition
- running at time of evaluation without detailed testing, future state not guaranteed.
- nicknamed jitterbug due to loud and fast ticking .
- 144.000 beats per hour.
- 5-minute subdial.
- 10-second outer ring.
- the crystal is cracked.
Dimensions
- case to case measurement is 51.00 mm.
Item #
ITMG547483