1961 October X246 A

having the angled rods look rather than the other 1961 lamps shown
here with straight rods but stamped X246 A. Some features of the precedent
model 246 remained as it has a pressure indicator and a control knob which can not
be pulled off but screwed off anticlockwise. Fettling was easy, and it's working well.

Matthias

 

C'est tres jolie mais les Allumetres se trouve un petit peu "pres de" n'est-ce-pas?

 

Very clean example X246A.

 

@JonD Normallement oui, mais la boite est vide, seulement deco
Normally yes, but the box is empty, only deco.

Matthias

 

Yours must be a very early example just after the Guardsman-type X246A run-out version:-

1961 (August) X246 'Guardsman' - or is it? | Classic Pressure Lamps & Heaters

 

@David Shouksmith Those were my thoughts as well, looking at
Carlssons X246 A Guardsman style lamp of December 1961.
It's a Tilley confusion

Matthias

 

It's in good nick!

 

On the other end of the 246A production I just found a one dated October 1965.
The 246B was meant to have started late `64.

 

A perfect example looks fantastic to me

 

... and in the Reference Gallery, there is an X246B dated 7/65 demonstrating the overlap of production dates for X246A and X246B:

1965 - X246B with shade

Tony