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Re: Sextant maker's mark
From: Bill Morris
Date: 2008 Jan 15, 01:27 -0800
From: Bill Morris
Date: 2008 Jan 15, 01:27 -0800
I can't believe that I am the only person who has ever noticed this mark on a sextant. Perhaps the question got lost in the post-holiday torpor... On Jan 9, 8:00�pm, engineerwrote: > I am resurrecting an old micrometer sextant, ostensibly of Japanese > manufacture. In the silver insert of the limb, at the right hand end > is the kanji character for "tama"(precious stone or gem)in a 3 mm > diameter circle. Below that in sans serif numerals is "No 606". > However, on cleaning the bronze frame for repainting I found a 3mm > high stamped mark next to where the horizon mirror is mounted. It is > in the form of an anchor with two stocks, one of which is concave > downwards. It was invisible beneath the paint. > > I have a vague memory that this is the mark of a German maker, in > which case this is an example of badge engineering. Can anyone > identify the true maker of this instrument, please? > > Thanks > > Bill --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---