You have a Waltham Model 11609 , Type A, No. 105 timer/stopwatch. The large hand measures seconds in 1/5 sec. increments and the small hand measures minutes up to 30 min. This is one of many stop watch variations made by Waltham. Info from Military Timepieces by Whitney. As to exactly what it was used for, no idea.
I have this 30-second Swiss timer that has Lean & Jones Inc. on the case and movement. Does anyone have an instruction manual or original box for such a watch? The plastic crystal has a blue tint to it, is this common. Thanks, Brad Maisto, KY Floral #44 Secretary P. S. Does anyone know about...
Explanation: Omer Plessy was a man who was one eigth Black and he suited the State of Louisiana for having to sit in the Black Compartment in 1896,he contested the Segregation system that was set up after the Civil War with the so-called Jim Crow laws.
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