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Re: Purchasing a Russian Chronomet er - or American??
From: Ken Muldrew
Date: 2012 Apr 5, 17:28 -0600
From: Ken Muldrew
Date: 2012 Apr 5, 17:28 -0600
On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Alan S <alan202@verizon.net> wrote:
Zvi and anyone else interested:
If one wants a chronometer, for whatever their reason, best of luck to them, for at one time, the chronometer was the last word in time keeping. These days such is not the case, what with inexpensive quartz wrist watches readily available, and then there are Casio G-Shock "Atomic Watches", the type that get radio signals for correction.
I have one of the latter, and checking it against NIST time on a computer, my own or one at the local library, I have yet to note a readable difference. Of course, they might not have the cachet of a chronometer, but they do give one accurate time, which is vital for celestial navigation.
In the last analysis, one pays their money, and takes their choice.
Alan
Surely in the last analysis, one buys a GPS for navigation. Using celestial navigation is only for enthusiasts who love the beauty and elegance of the method and the instruments (and there are few instruments with as much beauty and elegance as a marine chronometer).
Ken Muldrew.
Ken Muldrew.
