Original U.S. WWII 1942 Army Air Corps B-17 Navigator Type A-8 Jitterbug Stopwatch by Elgin with Box Mortars A day or two later

A day or two later

Peter Rainier

The hammer and receiver retain 50% original finish with a bit of case coloring evident

HUGHES 24TH

which falls right in line with the caliber marking

Original U.S. WWII 1942 Army Air Corps B-17 Navigator Type A-8 Jitterbug Stopwatch by Elgin with Box Mortars A day or two laterOriginal 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