Meaning of numbers on Smith clock

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#1 Meaning of numbers on Smith clock

Post by Bertson » Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:46 pm

Dear All,

can anyone tell me what the numbers on the dial of the etype Smith clock mean?
The numbers I mean Looks like:

O III / OO

I drive an etype S1, 2+2, 1966.

Thank you in advance...

Robert
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#2 Re: Meaning of numbers on Smith clock

Post by mystery type » Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:22 pm

It helps you to know what hour it is. But I assume you don’t mean that?
Paul 1967 S1 2+2

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#3 Re: Meaning of numbers on Smith clock

Post by Bertson » Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:41 pm

The watch has no numbers for the time...

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#4 Re: Meaning of numbers on Smith clock

Post by christopher storey » Sun Aug 16, 2020 9:20 am

The clock fits behind the tachometer face. That face has the hour markings on, which are 12 , 3 , 6, 9 with dashes to define each hour between . The clock itself should have a serial number on its face, but what the significance is of such a number I do not know

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#5 Re: Meaning of numbers on Smith clock

Post by Bob. » Sun Aug 16, 2020 1:28 pm

Hi Robert
I think the numbers you have left on the face of the clock are the remains of the original Smiths Reference Number.

For a 1966 negative earth car it would have looked like this originally.

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Whereas earlier positive earth cars had this Reference Number

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Bob
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