Clebar Navy Submarine Timer

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italy1861

·Mar 4, 2020

Anyone have any experience or info on the brand? Saw one when browsing Craigslist and was curious.

I googled it and came up with very limited information

 

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JimInOz

·Mar 4, 2020·Melbourne Australia

Nice little item. Totally useless in today's world but it'd be nice to have if the price is right.

It could have been used by:

A sonar operator to time return pings, thus distance from target?
A Torpedo Officer to time a torpedo run from launch to impact?
A Deck Officer to time depth charges from surface impact to detonation?

I don't know for sure. It will require a lot of research.

 

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Tony C.

·Mar 4, 2020·Ωf Jury member

Nice watch. Clear made some nice chronographs, which are popular with collectors, but I know little about the company.

 

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JimInOz

·Mar 4, 2020·Melbourne Australia

As to Clebar. From Fratello Magazine.

 

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italy1861

·Mar 4, 2020

JimInOz

Nice little item. Totally useless in today's world but it'd be nice to have if the price is right.

It could have been used by:

A sonar operator to time return pings, thus distance from target?
A Torpedo Officer to time a torpedo run from launch to impact?
A Deck Officer to time depth charges from surface impact to detonation?

I don't know for sure. It will require a lot of research.

Does $250 sound unreasonable? I know very little about pocket watches but would love to pick something up..

 

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Tony C.

·Mar 4, 2020·Ωf Jury member

italy1861

Does $250 sound unreasonable? I know very little about pocket watches but would love to pick something up..

Nice looking, looks to be in excellent condition, original box...no, that sounds like a fair price.

 

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JimInOz

·Mar 4, 2020·Melbourne Australia

italy1861

Does $250 sound unreasonable? I know very little about pocket watches but would love to pick something up..

I assume you mean USD$?

Probably slightly high, but not enough to kill the deal.

But I don't factor cost into my watch wants, if it's nice and I want it I buy it.

 

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italy1861

·Mar 4, 2020

JimInOz

I assume you mean USD$?

Probably slightly high, but not enough to kill the deal.

But I don't factor cost into my watch wants, if it's nice and I want it I buy it.

Yes USD$, thank you for the article that's a nice chronograph!

 

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timjohn

·Mar 4, 2020

I think it is more likely to be an artillery stopwatch, so that you could estimate the distance from firing to landing...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artillery_sound_ranging

edit: or more likely to work out muzzle velocity to calibrate artillery pieces for ranging in the field

Edited: Mar 4, 2020

 

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studeb

·Mar 5, 2020

I dont think its a ranging watch, just a regular tachymeter scale. The numbers are descending.
If it was ranging, the numbers on the scale would be ascending.