“Clock” on the instrument panel of Spitfires, various Mks?

JDCAVE said:

That's what dad affectionately called them. Dad had well over 1,000 hours on them. He was an instructor at the ETFS at Fairoaks. I think one or two of the Fairoaks aircraft are still flying.

Dad in a Tiger moth, Brandon Manitoba, 1941.

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gumbyk said:

Canadian Tiger!
Had the luxury of a canopy AND brakes!

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Barry Bromley said:

All marks of Spitfire carried clocks. Standard Smiths or Jaeger 8-day or later 24 hour chronometers. The 8-day had additional time of trip hands that could be set. The 24 hour clock also had this. The Lancaster also carried a socket for the pilot's own stop watch so that bombing runs could be timed. Ir was in the upper left of the panel. The Duxford restored MkV has a moderb digital radio installed where the clock is usually mounted. No standard RAF wartime fighting aeroplane would ever fly without a clock.

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fubar57 said:

According to this, also used in Spitfires

RAF Mk.III aircraft 'time of trip' cockpit clock

Stores reference 6A/839. Supplied to the Air Ministry by S. Smith & Sons (MA) Ltd. London. Metal cased Swiss made Jaeger-Le-Coultre 8-day jewelled lever keyless movement with 7.5cm 24-hour black dial, luminous Arabic numerals and subsidiary 12-hour dial which registers the 'time of trip'...

www.historicflyingclothing.com

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