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Re: Museum pieces
From: W F Jones
Date: 2010 May 10, 08:38 -0400
From: W F Jones
Date: 2010 May 10, 08:38 -0400
The watch is a stop watch or sometimes called a 'hack' watch I think. Hamilton watches were among the best but other manufacturers also supplied stop watches for US government use. Frank Jones Rochester, NY On 5/10/2010 2:13 AM, Peter Hackel wrote: > I took these pictures in the military museum located in Old Sacramento, > California. Can anyone identify the sextant and the watch? Many thanks > in advance! > > The watch description begins with: Watch Navigation (ground speed), A-8. > The face of the clock is labeled with 10 (or 0?) representing the full > circle. > > The sextant caption reads: > Naval Sextant (1936), Navigational Instrument used to plot course by > "shooting the stars" or measuring the sun's position (Obsolete by the > early 1970s.) > > > Peter Hakel > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > NavList message boards and member settings: www.fer3.com/NavList > Members may optionally receive posts by email. > To cancel email delivery, send a message to NoMail[at]fer3.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > >File:>File:>File:>
