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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CABj2VaY-P2zv8v5tkZh5vaZsUfSNR%2B%3DHUiKN2ikAVTb%3D-QXoyA%40mail.gmail.com.
