Where might you find?

[ChrisEdu]

Where might you find a neutron section?
One of the stopwatches I recently purchased has neutron section engraved on the back.

 

[MrGreedy]

Something to do with nuclear fission at a guess.
Stop watch in the neutron section of the nuclear power plant to time control rod drops? To time temperature change rates vs. control rod removal and insertion? Who knows?

To be clear, this is wild guessing and speculation on my part.

 

[MercedesDriver]

Hmmm. "Neutron Section" Made in USSR. Have to say it is mind-boggling.

 

[ChrisEdu]

If I should die in mysterious circumstances, I suggest not trying any nearby perfume bottles!

 

[Jonesy161]

Chernobyl probably fall off!

 

[whitenemesis]

It's well known all Russian nuclear plant operatives read and write in english...

 

[markjay]

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[MrGreedy]

It's well known all Russian nuclear plant operatives read and write in english...

Very good point!

 

[SpikyMikey]

Is the Lume on that stopwatch EXTRA bright?

 

[ChrisEdu]

Is the Lume on that stopwatch EXTRA bright?

I don't know, I've gone blind and had to dictate this.

 

[MrGreedy]

Nabbed from an auction description for an identical looking watch:

"Russian made 1960s Sekonda pocket Stopwatch. Manufactured in the 1960s in the Slatoustowsky factory, this very good quality Stopwatch is in very good working order and contains 16 jewels within the movement enabling the watch to measure as low as 0.2 seconds. This highly collectible Russian made time piece prior to the fall of the Eastern Block when all the British Sekonda company's watches were made in Russian factories. Sadly, when the Eastern block fell the manufacturing then switched to Asia"


So basically, all made in the USSR, with the USSR wording probably being a red herring in terms of where the watch was actually first used.
The 'neutron section' could be from any English speaking country at the time, or of course added later by a subsequent owner, who worked in the mysterious 'neutron section'.

 

[ChrisEdu]

Nabbed from an auction description for an identical looking watch:

"Russian made 1960s Sekonda pocket Stopwatch. Manufactured in the 1960s in the Slatoustowsky factory, this very good quality Stopwatch is in very good working order and contains 16 jewels within the movement enabling the watch to measure as low as 0.2 seconds. This highly collectible Russian made time piece prior to the fall of the Eastern Block when all the British Sekonda company's watches were made in Russian factories. Sadly, when the Eastern block fell the manufacturing then switched to Asia"


So basically, all made in the USSR, with the USSR wording probably being a red herring in terms of where the watch was actually first used.
The 'neutron section' could be from any English speaking country at the time, or of course added later by a subsequent owner, who worked in the mysterious 'neutron section'.

It also featured in the opening credits of The Professionals!