Old Honeywell Board ID?

[LoginR]

So I got this board in a pickup about a week ago, it was mixed in with a bunch of normal socket 7s. My client said it came from a guy who loved vintage electronics. I've googled like crazy trying to figure out what the heck this came out of, and if the surface is actually gold plated. The plating is quite thick, and still shows gold when I scratch it, not pink or coppery. Exact same shade of yellow as the fingers. I can't find it right now but I have some boards that I know for a fact have similar plating that is copper, and it's definitely different. The back appears to be hand soldered with silver(?), but it could just be how the manufacturing equipment made them back then? "Then" being one of the main things I want to know, what era it came from. Sorry about quality, the lightning isnt so great in my room atm and housemates are sleeping, if there's interest maybe tomorrow I'll take some better shots in the sunlight.





Thanks for any input!

[Mechanic688]

Those are definitely gold fingers, wow, if the whole board is, it would be in a new classification all it's own.

[BRASSCATCHER]

You might want to send a pic to Barrenrealms in the buyers section. He also has a picture of gold plated boards on his site with prices. Nice find.

[LoginR]

Yeah, it apparently plugged into SOMETHING, probably even bigger and shinier I have a nagging suspicion this thing is possibly even made by human hands, those silver traces are nowhere near uniform. Even the glass and ceramic capacitors (I think that's what they are) are somewhat uneven. The board is about the size of a standard piece of printer paper, just a tad smaller. Fingers are one sided, as you can see.
I'm really hoping someone can identify this, searching for the serial number and other (limited) info on the board turns up nothing at all. I have no idea what it would be worth if it is indeed gold plated, but either way I think I'll keep it in my personal collection It's a beautiful piece of history, in my mind.
I'll take some better pics tomorrow, maybe that will help.

[BRASSCATCHER]

What makes you say its a honeywell component?

[LoginR]

What makes you say its a honeywell component?

In the bottom picture it says "Honeywell Inc Phila Div", as well as "LOT #7" "TWR 1" "SER NO C05232"
Again, sorry for bad lighting I'll fix that tomorrow, and I better get to bed now so I get at least a little shut-eye before putting in my 8 hours.
Thanks for the responses!

[BRASSCATCHER]

Keep us updated, I am doing my 8 hrs now if I get a chance I will search around for a bit with the numbers you posted.

[scrappy888]

Wow..that is a sweet lookin board..we do work for honeywell..i will ask a question or 2 about getting some of those boards..$$$

[JPete]

I would guess 1960's switching board, based on the hand drawn traces and all the glass diodes. In the old days you would draw with an etch resist pen on the board itself before activating it with UV lights.
I would guess heavy gold for space application, but just a guess.

[LoginR]

Here's a few more pics, still not the best lighting (ofc sun decides to start hiding behind mountains when i finally have the time). Hope it helps I'm 99% positive it's gold plated at this point, the plating is just barely thinner than 3 sheets of printer paper stacked on top of each other. Yes, I actually stacked some paper next to it.







Also, any value in the glass diodes and such at all? It's in pretty darn good condition, besides a couple tiny nicks and scratches here and there, but all the "parts" seem to be (visibly) decent. I don't see anything that's obviously broken or disconnected.
Edit 2 : Oh snap! I see a blown diode in one of the closeup pics... somehow missed that when I was eyeballing it Too bad.

[happyscraper]

OK, here we go. My sister worked for honeywell back in the late 60's and early 70's and she said this board looked very much likr the ones she worked on. The back is wave soldered and all the componets were assembled by hand. It is made with silver solder. On the second pitcher on the post right above this post there is a number (assy 631868-001) tells me that it was made in 1968. This board is worth more than a mother board for sure but I don't know how much. This board could have been made for the space program, could be a collector item. Nice board!!

[LoginR]

OK, here we go. My sister worked for honeywell back in the late 60's and early 70's and she said this board looked very much likr the ones she worked on. The back is wave soldered and all the componets were assembled by hand. It is made with silver solder. On the second pitcher on the post right above this post there is a number (assy 631868-001) tells me that it was made in 1968. This board is worth more than a mother board for sure but I don't know how much. This board could have been made for the space program, could be a collector item. Nice board!!

That's great! I think I'm keeping this one for my personal collection, it's just so unique. Only question remaining is what exactly it plugged into.. but I'm satisfied with your explanation, it backs up JPete's post. Thanks a lot, guys, and tell your sister she rocks! Who knows, maybe this board passed through her hands at one time!