Lot 230
JEAN VIAL - SA Paris Bomb Timer Stopwatch
Auction: 12 February 2014 at 11:00 GMT
£375
Description
1930s, nickel case, Minerva movement, monometallic balance wheel, snap off back, four loops for cockpit fitting, or for fitting to the bombadier's leg with straps, grey dial signed Indicateur B.C.V., J.Vial-Paris, outer seconds ring divided into fifths, inner calibration from 5-60, subsidiary minute recording dial, single hand,
Dimensions
75mm diameter
Footnote
On depressing the plunger the movement is halted and then the movement can be engaged to run anticlockwise, then 'bombs away'