1976 Sterile 6BB - The 'Lost' Navigator

[Terry]

I've written an article on the 1976 Sterile 6BB. Unfortunately I can't post it here or a link to it
as I'm not too clever with computers. I will email a copy to anyone interested. If anyone care's
to host it on their web-site that's fine with me.


Cheers,

Terry Andrews
Perth
Western Australia

terrysts AT bigpond DOT net DOT au

[bobc]

Terry,


Send me a copy please as that sounds interesting ( email )
and I will also try to link it for you although my computer skills
are not so hot either.

[bobc]

Had to pull this link because it gave access to my email account and as stated earlier my computer skills are limited. Can anyone else help.

[AndySquirrel]

can you put it in a public drop box folder?

[ultrasound]

Hi Terry.

I would love a copy. I appreciate your knowledge and the time you put into your research.

[Terry]

Just to follow up and to thank Ian Parkin for proof reading and hosting the article on his web site.

Any comments or suggestions are most welcome. The ultimate aim is to identify the manufacturer
and/or supplier to MOD.

http://dbaswithguns.com/Imgs/Sterile_6B ... igator.pdf


Terry Andrews

[ultrasound]

That's a really great read Terry. Lets hope it can tease out some more information.

[jons1968]

Found this thread after years of trying to find out more about my watch. Great read and nice to follow this mystery along the way. I bought mine in Sweden at a pawn shop in 1993 and use it as my regular watch. Haven't even serviced it once. It has number 756/76. Asked about it's origins here a couple of years ago ;-) http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.ph...identification

Best / Johan

[Richie_101]

Excellent article Terry, good work.

I've serviced 3 or 4 of them over the years and it's good to learn a bit more about them. (I have one in at the moment actually: serial no. 339/76 - I won't bother with pics as, unsurprisingly, it looks just the same as yours!)

One thing I would say though is that I don't think the micro-adjuster was added to the 2160 just to satisfy MOD requirements, as it was also used on some (but not all) of the AS 21xx production calibres - like the 2162 in this Aquastar Benthos for example.



Larger picture here.

The inclusion of the micro-adjuster isn't standard across the board though as I've had 2162's with and without the adjuster, I suspect it was added later in the production run. The 21xx's were pretty much the top of the line for Schild calibres, so probably deserved a little embellishment.

If you find out any more information on the 6BB, I'd be interested to hear about it.

Rich.

[Terry]

Thanks Rich.

I'm pleased that you have been able to add something of fact regarding the micro-adjuster on the AS2160 movement. It's addition for MoD was pure speculation on my part and I'll correct the article in due course. In general terms does this type of micro-adjuster make for a more accurate movement?

Terry

[Richie_101]

Thanks Rich.

I'm pleased that you have been able to add something of fact regarding the micro-adjuster on the AS2160 movement. It's addition for MoD was pure speculation on my part and I'll correct the article in due course. In general terms does this type of micro-adjuster make for a more accurate movement?

Terry

Great that I could help out.

The micro-adjuster doesn't make the movement more accurate as such, it just allows for more accurate regulation. Moving the micro-adjuster one mark (or part thereof) translates to a much smaller, almost imperceptible, movement of the regulator - moving the regulator by such a small amount is difficult to on the regulator itself.

Rich.

[agee]

Terry sent me his article which proved to be very interesting
and informative. A must read for any military watch collector
Thanks Terry