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Re: C+P Navy Mk Iii Followup To My Last
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2004 Mar 21, 14:39 -0500
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2004 Mar 21, 14:39 -0500
I have seen some sextants on EBay in the description of which stated that they were assembled in New York from C. Plath parts. I don't recall the dates of manufacture. Fred On Mar 21, 2004, at 1:02 PM, Jared Sherman wrote: > Considering the cost of manufacturing equipment, dies, etc, as opposed > to > the volume of sextants sold even then, perhaps "Made" means "assembled > by" > various firms in order to produce a "genuine US Navy" sextant? And > that they > were simply buying and assembling the parts from Cassens & Plath under > license? >