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Champion Meylan Dual Timer Race Stopwatch 1950's vintage Indianapolis Indy 500
$ 419.76
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Description
1950'sIndy 500
dual timer
Champion
stopwatch
Red
&
Black
Bakelite Case
with two
Meylan Type 211
stopwatches
Rare and historically significant 1950's
Indianapolis 500
race used Champion Meylan dual time stopwatch set.
The 'bakelite' case houses two Type 211 stopwatches. Red and black bakelite case with lanyard receptacle on top and '
Champion
' logo in the front center. Used by Indy Officials, owners and crew teams. These are also known to exist with Gallet movements, see the 'Famous Gallet Professional Timepieces' museum online for a photo of one in that collection. You can also see one presented to race car driver and Indianapolis Motor Speedway president Wilber Shaw in 1953 shown in the Ripley Auctions May 2013 sale catalog. Super rare piece of 1950's Indy 500 racing history.
It's all original, and the watch movements are working
.