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Oliver Sargent Antiques has dated this piece to the 1940s.
If you are a serious collector of WW2 aircraft clocks this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to acquire a rare surviving example. This one on offer is in full working order keeping time. Full issue marking throughout including the Air Ministry mark to the case back. Used on the Supermarine Stranrear and the Short Singapore flying boats, RAF Hendon Museum state that the Mark1 only remained in British service up to 1941 and with approx. 140 only ever ordered.
A complete chapter on the T & F Mercer Mark1 can be found pages 198 and 199 British Military Timepieces by Konrad Knirim
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Oliver Sargent Antiques has dated this piece to the 1940s.
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T & F Mercer Raf Mark1 Ww2 Aircraft Clock for Use on Flying Boats, Ref No 6a/433 Issue No 156/40
