This made me chuckle. Long ago as I was reviewing a B-727 log book I noticed a previous write up "Captain's clock inop". The sign off was "Turned wind knob". :lol:Funny story, about 20 years ago I decided to buy a C170.
Went and looked at about a dozen of them and noticed that the clock was inoperative in darn near all of them.
After I finally bought one, I realized that they were wind-ups.
I love the old wind up 8 day clocks, and have spent a lot of money trying to keep them going. Even had a watch repair guy say he would not work on it because it was for an airplane and he did not want the liability... like I didn't have 15 other ways to tell more accurate time in the plane
I have had two fixed by a retired guy in CA. Maybe $100-$150ish? Pm me and I’ll pass you his email. I don’t think he cares for a lot of business. Ps, they have worked great the last two years!
If that was Robert Steuber from Grass Valley he has gone west