Reply With QuoteDon't know what it is, but I want one. Could be useful some day.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Truetime-...QAAOSwUMxZ-EQB
No idea what it is and a quick google didn't throw anything up
Don't know what it is, but I want one. Could be useful some day.
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
I have no idea, but I will let you know if I find any clues when it arrives.
Interesting item!
mike
Good buy. I thought the watch alone was worth the askingOriginally Posted by unclealec
Have you asked the seller what it's for?
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
Lid has two slots I guess are viewing holes. Possibly - with the whole contraption designed to protect the watch in some environment? Very odd. First impressions are an overengineered solution to a problem that doesn't exist. Which is likely why I want it
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odd the longer slot will only let you see the watch restraining clip by the looks of things. and the smaller aperture is only going to really show you the minute hand at about 15. and those are wire terminals at a guess.
its like a not very automatic detonator box - you look in the hole and if the hand is on 15 you pop a wire in the other hole it hits the clip which appears to be shorted to the case and something somewhere goes BOOM ! or perhaps not
either way always cut the red wire mr bond !
found another one evil bay number382246209523
I don't know what it is but I'm pretty sure that the 'lid' goes on the opposite way to that shown in the images. The smaller slot is probably a keyhole with a lock behind to secure the top in place. There is a pin that protrudes through the other slot and by pushing it in the entire internal metal contraption can be moved up and down to three or four locking points.
Beyond that I'm a bit stumped.
Slow worm?
Maybe Brendan AKA Mr Sunday Car Boot Sale would be able to shed light on this. 😀
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...ting-500827240
Item History: A bookmakers/runners betting slip clock bag is a special bag with a time lock used for betting slips collected by bookmaker's runners. The runners closes the bag which then locks and starts a watch in the lock. The jaws of the bag have 'teeth which prevents slips being squeezed in after locking. The bookmaker can open the bag with a special key and note the time which has elapsed since it was closed. Bookmaker's clock bags were introduced in the 1920's to facilitate safe and fair betting.
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
Well found.
And this is today's 'you learn something new every day' :)
Well discovered.
I want it even more now
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
Peaky blinders
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
Good find C-B, such a thing must be extremely rare.
Super sleuthing C-B and nice find mr.chef
What a great find!
I have absolutely no use for one, hence, as other posters on here, I must need one!
Haha. I thought it might be a timer. Alarm sounds when the hand makes an electrical contact
Brendan
We should ask Jim Banana. Maybe it's one of Q's creationsodd the longer slot will only let you see the watch restraining clip by the looks of things. and the smaller aperture is only going to really show you the minute hand at about 15. and those are wire terminals at a guess.
its like a not very automatic detonator box - you look in the hole and if the hand is on 15 you pop a wire in the other hole it hits the clip which appears to be shorted to the case and something somewhere goes BOOM ! or perhaps not
either way always cut the red wire mr bond !
found another one evil bay number382246209523
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That blimmin' interweb thing, as much help as hindrance, but comes up trumps here. What a marvellous solution to century old problem.
What an interesting idea. I have never seem anything like this before
Wow, ingenious invention. Amazing what people had to come up with back in the day.
Looks like the case for an ancient IED!
Last edited by Bob Mc; 1st November 2017 at 10:02.
I was looking forward to this one going on a bit with faaaaar more crazy theories as to purpose.
An item that truly is as interesting as it is useless.
Intriguing.
It arrived as described in the eBay listing:
The first bonus was that I wound the watch and it still ticks away like a good 'un, gaining about 1 second since midday yesterday. I haven't got myself another pocket watch though; you will note there is no means of attaching it to a chain:
The casket has four holes in the reverse; close inspection shows there are keyhole sliders that will engage with a rivet-head type of stud, presumably part of the frame of the original leather bag. You can just make out in the close-up the slots that would grip the studs; these are full-bore holes when the mechanism is pushed as far as it will go to the left, which also has the effect of depressing the winder thus "stopping the clock":
There is a ratchet which makes restarting the watch impossible until the lid is unlocked and removed:
So, I have some leatherwork to do, and a frame to make. Unless anyone has a spare?
Also the brass superstructure of the locking mechanism is missing, so I can't go into business as a bookie's runner just yet.
And finally a gratuitous photo of my Orient World travel alarm, bought from SC and still waking me up when necessary.
Last edited by unclealec; 3rd November 2017 at 14:08.
Fantastic! Thanks for the update. I was looking forward to it.
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well at least one small part of my post was correctodd the longer slot will only let you see the watch restraining clip by the looks of things. and the smaller aperture is only going to really show you the minute hand at about 15. and those are wire terminals at a guess.
its like a not very automatic detonator box - you look in the hole and if the hand is on 15 you pop a wire in the other hole it hits the clip which appears to be shorted to the case and something somewhere goes BOOM ! or perhaps not
either way always cut the red wire mr bond !
found another one evil bay number382246209523
What a find! I love stuff like that. Great detective work too...
Interesting, thanks for posting up photos :)
Very different to the usual!
One thing is certain; someone somewhere will collect these.
If anyone knows of such a person I would appreciate an introduction.
Maybe ask some of the older on-course bookies at a race meeting? They may not have used one but some of them may have seen them when they were younger.
I’ll check.
😉
So clever my foot fell off.
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