Wristwatch navigation

[Jemmie]

Hi all, I have a nice Accurist wrist watch with a rotatable dial around the face. I wish to use this for navigational purposes as a backup to my GPS and chartplotter but am a trifle bemused by the complexity and nuances of the korean instruction booklet. Can anyone explain in plain english how Iwork the wretched thing?

 

[Sgeir]

Right. First things first. Does it have a strap with a buckle, or is it one of these metal ones with the stretchy links?

 

[Jemmie]

Its similar to this

 

[Sgeir]

That's an electronic thing with gizmos. You need to learn the basics of wristwatch astronavigation with a simpler analogue type, the kind you normally wear:

 

[bobupanddown]

Point the hour hand at the sun. Halfway between the hour hand and 12 on the dial is south! Or is that too simplified?

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

or for those gloomier days.....

 

[Jemmie]

What if its dark?

 

[Sgeir]

Point the correct hour south and switch on the light?

 

[boatmike]

10 past 10. Time for tea....

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Please keep up Jimi....... use the modified version above...

 

[peteremmons]

press the sixth button on the lefft twice!

 

[Evadne]

I'm sure that when I learned it in South Africa, it was north that it pointed to! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
It's also no good in Scotland, as you need to be able to see the sun in the first place.

 

[Twister_Ken]

1 Use ship's compass to determine north
2 Point N on watch dial at north (as above)
3 Read time using watch hands (big hand points at minutes, small hand at hours, whizzy hand at seconds)
4. If you cannot read watch hands it is between the hours of sunset and sunrise. Wait 12 hours and try again.
5. If you never succeed in reading watch hands you are above the arctic circle in the winter. Head south (opposite of north) until you can succeed in reading watch hands.
6. Make tea if time is 11.00am, plus or minus 15 minutes.
7. Errrr

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Lol.......

 

[ParaHandy]

Hmmm ... why are Koreans interested in time at Newhaven Yacht Club?

 

[boatmike]

Still 10 past 10. It's stopped already. Take it back to the shop.

 

[Jemmie]

Ok, if all I need is the hour hand and the number 12, what the revolving dial for?

 

[Sgeir]

Spooky, eh?

Blimey, they're both at ten past ten.

 

[jstr]

Working out SOG so you can delude yourself like the rest of us!

 

[Superstrath]

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That's an electronic thing with gizmos. You need to learn the basics of wristwatch astronavigation with a simpler analogue type, the kind you normally wear:

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No no no, bloody amateurs. I joined a ship as navigator in Durban in 1983, after several months in an alcoholic blur in South Africa. I had one of these on my wrist.

The professional's choice. I got us to Japan with it, then bought a proper job.

Alistair