Indeed. I believe I read somewhere on the interwebs that this clock is circa 1970.
On Tuesday, August 31, 2021 at 6:27:16 AM UTC-5 Jon wrote: > Paolo makes a great point! It'd be a cool extra talking point about the > item if it had indeed been made during those weird 3 years when the UK > government was running the time zone experiment. > > Jon. > > On Tuesday, August 31, 2021 at 10:43:08 AM UTC+1 Paolo Cravero wrote: > >> Hi. >> According to this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Summer_Time >> , between "27 October 1968 and 31 October 1971" UK was on GMT+1. So, >> depending on the year the clock was made, it could be correct indeed! >> >> The same analysis should be done for Portugal, that is currently on the >> same timezone of UK. >> >> Paolo >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 11:26 AM Dekatron42 <martin....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Maybe the auction text explains why the UK is not in the GMT time zone: "It >>> is a special edition #01-687 and is patent pending, so I assume this is a >>> 1st edition and #687 made." - maybe they hadn't realized the error in >>> this early "special edition"!? :'-) :'-) >>> >>> /Martin >>> >>> On Tuesday, 31 August 2021 at 10:25:40 UTC+2 Jon wrote: >>> >>>> The drawing of time zones onto the world map is a bit uh, approximate. >>>> They've managed to exclude the UK from the GMT zone which is a pretty >>>> foundational problem! >>>> >>>> Jon. >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, August 31, 2021 at 4:55:20 AM UTC+1 Terry Bowman wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Aug 30, 2021, at 9:01 AM, Terry S <tschw...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I've been watching these for years on ebay. Finally snagged one last >>>>> night -- I hope I didn't beat out one of you with my last second bid. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Mine was the third highest. I stumbled across it in a "you might also >>>>> like" section somewhere. >>>>> >>>>> Now if only I could afford to have my Kilburg Geochron refurbished. I >>>>> got it for $20 at a hamfest 25 years ago. Has two Vietnams on it. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Terry Bowman, KA4HJH >>>>> "The Mac Doctor" >>>>> >>>>> https://www.astarcloseup.com >>>>> >>>>> “...the book said something astonishing, a very big thought. The >>>>> stars, it said, were suns but very far away. The Sun was a star but close >>>>> up.”—Carl Sagan, "The Backbone Of Night", *Cosmos*, 1980 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "neonixie-l" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to neonixie-l+...@googlegroups.com. >>> >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/2ad28a90-0ffa-46f5-ac05-f79e7ebd4fb8n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/2ad28a90-0ffa-46f5-ac05-f79e7ebd4fb8n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/6bad827d-9cce-4669-92f7-990582b177ccn%40googlegroups.com.
