u-jagd chrono

[markdenny]

Does anybody know if replica u-jagd chronos are made, where could i buy one ? or is somebody out there able to make the clock face ie some sort of print so that i could place it in a stop watch to make it look like a u-jagd chrono

[Fifi]

NewUIs by TDW, right clic the clock and you'll get that:

[Julke]

Originally Posted by markdenny

Does anybody know if replica u-jagd chronos are made, where could i buy one ? or is somebody out there able to make the clock face ie some sort of print so that i could place it in a stop watch to make it look like a u-jagd chrono

Hi, I am thinking the same. I've found out, that original U-jagd was made by Junghans. So there is possibility to buy used Junghans and ask some clock-expert to paint or to make some graphic to the dial.

See some links:
http://www.knirim.de/a0501mod.htm
http://www.seltene-werte.de/de/shop/...r-von-junghans
lhttp://www.ulricofengland.com/prodsh..._/g007483.html

[steineib]

hmm whats with this here ? http://www.ebay.de/itm/Orig-Hanhart-...item2338c71afe

[Julke]

Originally Posted by steineib

hmm whats with this here ? http://www.ebay.de/itm/Orig-Hanhart-...item2338c71afe

Look's interestening, but that's for measuring time of torpedo hit, not for measuring speed of vessel. Submarine attack officer knew estimation time of torpedo impact so in case of "no hit" he knew that it's time to reload the tube

[steineib]

so it is , ok it is not so easy to find some usefull infos about this kind of chronometers.

[Julke]

well, unfortunately, that's true..

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Julke

Hi, I am thinking the same. I've found out, that original U-jagd was made by Junghans. So there is possibility to buy used Junghans and ask some clock-expert to paint or to make some graphic to the dial.

See some links:
http://www.knirim.de/a0501mod.htm
http://www.seltene-werte.de/de/shop/...r-von-junghans
lhttp://www.ulricofengland.com/prodsh..._/g007483.html

YUP! http://www.frankmarshall.co.uk/album/15/c161/5th_May_Sale_Highlights.htm ...1900 Pounds As a watch collector, this is quite a good deal!

[Friscobay]

Damn...

That's GOOD................

And it does not have the ''English/American'' feel of the vanilla stopwatch version of SHIII.

[BigWalleye]

Originally Posted by Friscobay

Damn...

That's GOOD................

And it does not have the ''English/American'' feel of the vanilla stopwatch version of SHIII.

The stopwatch modeled in stock SH3 is a replica of the face of a chrono manufactured in the early 1940s by Junghans Uhren GmbH. Junghans was founded in 1861 and is the largest manufacturer of watches and clocks in Germany. The watch face has the Junghans name and a National Socialist eagle insignia (minus the s-word.)

BTW, the term U-jagd refers to a submarine hunter, that is, a destroyer. Several sites on the web describe the use of that specific watch by escorts to time approaches and depth charge attacks, which is apparently what it was designed for. Here are a couple:

http://mb.nawcc.org/archive/index.php/t-31389.html

http://www.knirim.de/a0501mod.htm

There is at least one documented example of an U-jagd watch recovered from a captured German submarine, so their presence on U-boats is historically plausible. But they were issued by the KM to surface vessels, and were apparently not common on U-boats. Purely hypothetically, I could imagine sailors, a traditionally superstitious lot, not wanting to bring a tool designed specifically to kill U-boats on board their U-boat.

[Friscobay]

Even these aspects of the Unterzeebooten get interesting. And I discovered that these U-boat chronometers covered products crafted by a range of manufacturers which can plausibly include allied makers from LEONIDAS, to HANHART and DITISHEIM to go along with JUNGHANS. HANHART especially, is a great -looking chronograph which saw service in the Kriegsmarine and whose wrist-wearing devices appear on Otto Kretschmer and Reinhard Hardegen.