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Re: Longines A-7 Avigation Hack Watch
From: Geoffrey Kolbe
Date: 2017 Sep 21, 02:37 -0700
From: Geoffrey Kolbe
Date: 2017 Sep 21, 02:37 -0700
"One would never take the chronometer on deck, ever. But the observation must be timed anyway. How? The hack watch."
Such watches are usually called a "deck watch". I would be interested to know where the term 'hack' comes from...?
Geoffrey Kolbe
