How old is the Merc clock?
And how to wire a Blériot switch box? (UPDATEs)

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We recently get large amounts of parts listed, and together with that also many questions land on our desk. It's impossible to answer all those questions. The best advise we can give is to add your questions with your parts ad. Somewhere out there are zillions.... er... dozens of experts who know what you got. Still we will seek your opinion through our homepage when we think it is a really rare item like this 8-day console mounted Mercedes clock. It's been on the desk of Martin Dijkhof (Moretti gearbox wanted) for years and he is wondering what the age is. We think it is pre 1918, but who can tell? (UPDATE by Michael Longfield:"Post 1909 and before 1915. As you know mercedes started using the star in 1909 and since it is brass it would probably be suitable for the above mentioned period."
Another question that came in yesterday, is about this Blériot switch box bought in France by Tony Haycock to use in the 1915 Peugeot 153A he's restoring:"It has a hole for a key, plus a switch with three positions, marked P, O and L. It also has a push button switch, and a blue light at the bottom. I have no idea what the switches and blue light actually do, and there are at least eight terminals at the back..!" Anybody out there with a wiring scheme for this Blériot? Contact Us

UPDATE II by Philip Klopper:"...the push button on the switch would typically be used to short out the magneto (to stop the engine)"
UPDATE by Detlef Kayser: "The markings for the switch should normally stand for "Phares" meaning headlights, "Zero" meaning switched off and "Lanternes" that meaning full headlights as there were no parking or town lights in the early electrical days (say befor 1920) on most of the french cars. The little light below normally is an ignition or loading control (which later was useless when most cars had an ammeter) burning whenever the ignition was on or the car running."

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