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Frank-
 

The typical consumer grade digital "compass" watch may only have 16 points on 
it, and that's enough for general "lost in the woods" use. I'm not talking 
about Lewis & Clark, I'm talking about "There's a road somewhere south of us, 
which was is south?" And if you can within 10-15 degrees of it, that's good 
enough.

I think the accuracy is much better, probably within five degrees and most of 
that is from casually pointing the tiny watch hand at the bright spot in the 
sky.

Heck, you've got a watch. And a sun. If your watch is digital it doesn't 
matter, you can still draw a mental picture and stick hands on it!

   

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