stopwatch graphic

[darkdrone]

this is not a POLITICAL statement it's just eye candy works on UZO and Periscope views if there's enough interest i'll upload it to Terripin's site
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/5220/sh3img18ku.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/9936/sh3img24ti.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Mover]

A little Titbit of Information about the Clock and its Manufacturer in Silent Hunter 3:

The Clock shown in the game is a clock that was really produced in Germany by a really popular company called "Junghans" that exists from about the 19th Century till today. They where really lookling like in the game, and the company did supply the whole Wehrmacht (Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine) with precision clocks. They also did made precision detonators etc.. After the war, they got dismantled like many german companies but did succeed in rebuilding. They've even made the first radio controlled clock that did sync with an atomic clock in 1986 that was aviable for the broad public. a little time later, in 1990, they did made the first radio controlled wristwatch. They are also manufactoring military supplies like detonators for the Bundeswehr (Heer, Luftwaffe, deutsche Marine) again.

Thought it could interest some folks here. :)

darkdrone, nice design but you should add "Junghans" somewhere, otherwise.... :up:

[NZ_Wanderer]

Ohhh me likes that :up: :up: :up:

[Woof1701]

@Darkdrone

Don't want to be the spoiler: I really like the idea, but I think the proportions are a little off. No offense intended, but I think the whole symbol should be smaller, since it completely dominates the watch. Most of the times when Third Reich symbols were added to an object, the symbols remained in the background. Still easily noticable, but not sticking out like that. In any case I believe the eagle with the swastika was the symbol of the "Wehrmacht" i.e. the Army, and not the Navy. I'm not sure about that however.

In any case not all armed forces watches seem to have carried a swastika or other symbol:

here's a pic of a Luftwaffe watch 1942.
http://i16.ebayimg.com/03/i/04/ac/8b/f0_1_b.JPG

and here of a pocket watch from 1942. This one only has a small eagle (reichsadler) on the outside.
http://i2.ebayimg.com/04/i/04/b0/14/7a_1_b.JPG http://i7.ebayimg.com/01/i/04/a8/33/1c_1_b.JPG

So I'd opt for a small "Reichsadler" on the bottom :)
Thanks for all the effort!!

[Venatore]

I'll take a bag of that eye candy :up:

Venatore :smug:

[darkdrone]

no offense taken everyone is entitled to there viewpoint, just used the symbol cause i liked it.yes it is a little large but when i tried to resize it down lost a lot of detail it's up at http://u-boot.realsimulation.com/ feel free to alter it but be careful as it's got a mask

[Pascal]

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/startup56/scope1.jpg


periscope zip file. Ready to be used by JSGME.

http://www.1me.jp/hp/Startup56

[darkdrone]

Pascal where can we get those Dials,right hand corner of pic and how did u get that illumination effect, looks great

[Pascal]

Pascal where can we get those Dials,right hand corner of pic and how did u get that illumination effect, looks great

Online now: DialSreen zip

It's done from an original pictures. I have not changed the colors, just a big work to obtain the switch in right direction

[GT182]

Pascal, how about a link to your DialsScreen zip please ?

Yours looks nice Darkdrone, but I can't find yours at Terrapin's site.

[LukeFF]

here's a pic of a Luftwaffe watch 1942.
http://i16.ebayimg.com/03/i/04/ac/8b/f0_1_b.JPG

That watch is made by Laco/Lacher and is available for purchase from different retailers in the U.S. and Europe (mine came from History Preservation Associates (http://historypreservation.com/hpassociates/index.html)). It looks exactly like the pic above and is a very durable watch, much like it would have been back during the war.

[darkdrone]

GT182 online now thx

[terrapin]

Pascal, how about a link to your DialsScreen zip please ?

Yours looks nice Darkdrone, but I can't find yours at Terrapin's site.

Sorry, I came back from a trip Thursday evening and had to clear a huge backlog...but now my site has all mods released and/or submitted since last Sunday online....eventually I'll be away next week also for a few days, but that's not sure yet

[darkdrone]

found this it's the U boat's commanders watch looks rather modern though thx Luke FF for the link
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/3832/uboatwatch5zm.jpg (http://imageshack.us) that's gonna take a while :o

[Pablo]

Hi!

I found a site (here (http://www.knirim.homepage.t-online.de/a0501mod.htm)) showing a Junghans stopwatch used by Kriegsmarine surface ships to measure torpedo running times and other such things. It may be the image quality, but I don't see a swastika on it.

I checked e-Bay for Junghans stopwatches - I found a couple of them, but no one could quite put a finger on how old they were.

Out of curiosity, is the stopwatch referenced in this mod based on a real stopwatch, or is it hypothetical?

Pablo