What is it about Norme's avatar???

[FNorm]

I'm guessing a chronometer for celestial navigation, could be aviation or marine. Then too it might just be a clock.

FN

[Norme]

Hi Rich, John and Fred, As Dr. Freud would say, "sometimes a clock is just a clock". My avatar is a 5" tall, eight day (still accurate, by the way), desk clock with folding legs. It is Waffenamt marked and dated 1939. I assume it was intended for senior officers, since they were most likely to have desks while in the field. What makes it interesting to me is the large diameter winding drum, allowing the clock to be rewound with gloves on. So, while Hitler was negotiating a non aggression treaty with Stalin, in 1939, the Wehrmacht was ordering cold weather desk clocks! Best regards, Norm