Original U.S. WWII 1944 Army Air Forces B-17 Navigator Type A-8 Jitterbug Stopwatch by Elgin French Holsters perhaps prototype

perhaps prototype

few of whom spoke Spanish or displayed much real concern for the welfare of the republic

We sold a very similar one of these a few years ago and recently a collector in Europe contacted us to inquire if we wished to purchase another

I've been back to see him many times after the war

- Crisp visible temper line ("hamon")

Original U.S. WWII 1944 Army Air Forces B-17 Navigator Type A-8 Jitterbug Stopwatch by Elgin French Holsters perhaps prototypeOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Type A 8 was a navigation stopwatch designed for timing ground speed meters for determining the velocity of aircraft relative to the ground. One revolution of the Type A 8 hand was equivalent to ten seconds. The dial was white on early Wittnauer Type A 8 watches and black on Elgin watches produced from 1940 onward. Elgin, Waltham, the Federal Television Corp. and Aristo Import Co. manufactured Type A 8