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Re: Purchasing a Russian Chronomet er - or American??
From: Zvi Doron
Date: 2012 Apr 06, 00:44 +0100
From: Zvi Doron
Date: 2012 Apr 06, 00:44 +0100
Hi Alan. I do have a g- shock which I use for sight taking. The need to own and admire a precision instrument like a chronometer comes from another plane of being which one either connects to or not, as the case may be.
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From: "Alan S" <alan202@verizon.net>
To: <zvidoron@btinternet.com>
Subject: [NavList] Re: Purchasing a Russian Chronomet er - or American??
Date: Thu, Apr 5, 2012 23:31
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
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From: "Alan S" <alan202@verizon.net>
To: <zvidoron@btinternet.com>
Subject: [NavList] Re: Purchasing a Russian Chronomet er - or American??
Date: Thu, Apr 5, 2012 23:31
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
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