{"product_id":"us-army-air-force-1944-seth-thomas-sector-clock","title":"US Army Air Force 1944 Seth Thomas Sector Clock","description":"\u003cp\u003eTruly the king of the WW2 military clocks. These are very rare with only a few hundred examples thought to have been made! The RAF starting using sector clocks during WW1, but really perfected their use during the Battle of Britain as part of the Dowding system. So each 5 minute segment (and their corresponding colours) were used to plot the realtime positions of enemy attacks. When an enemy formation was spotted its position was noted on an operations room sector map using a counter matching the colour of that minute. When the minute hand moved into the next colour, the enemy's position was updated and marked with the new colour counter. The Ops room could then see the progression of enemy movement, and how old the information was, allowing them to get RAF squadrons up to intercept.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhilst the USAAF didn't fully adopt the same system, during the later part of the war from D-Day through to the fall of Berlin, the 9th Air Force would work closely with the RAF and sector clocks were used. Only a small number were made and they're now very rare and collectible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeth Thomas produced clocks for the US military from 1911 through WW2 and this is a wonderful example with an October 1944 date stamp on the movement. Keeping amazing time and recently serviced!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeautiful used condition. The dial has some fading and patina - the pigments on the screen printed dials were very susceptible to fading. Some marks to the bakelite case as is typical. The movement is really nice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApprox 10 1\/4\" diameter x 3\" depth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"The Major's Tailor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46151994540204,"sku":null,"price":1450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0556\/4445\/5084\/files\/sector-clock-1.jpg?v=1776369957","url":"https:\/\/themajorstailor.com\/products\/us-army-air-force-1944-seth-thomas-sector-clock","provider":"The Major's Tailor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}