Scientific Instruments
Watches, Army Air Corps, Avigation [Air Navigation], A-6
Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum. Open access, CC0.

Watches, Army Air Corps, Avigation [Air Navigation], A-6

Two accurate watches in a fitted case let an air navigator keep exact time to calculate position.

Date
ca. 1934
Maker
Waltham Watch Company
Place
United States of America
Materials
Mahogany case, glass, rubber, plastic, nickel alloy, silver plated brass, synthetic felt, and paper.
Dimensions
3-D (Case): 19.1 x 10.2 x 3.8cm (7 1/2 x 4 x 1 1/2 in.); Other (Watch Face): 4.2cm (1 11/16 in.)
Museum
National Air and Space Museum
Credit line
Gift of Myer Feldman thru Longines-Wittnauer Watch Company, Inc.

2-1/8in. diameter; 2 watches in fitted mahogany case with 2 view ports.

The museum's own record (Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum)