Use your Wristwatch As a Compass - Neatorama

How to use a wristwatch as a compass, an old trick that is worth repeating.

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or if you use one of those 24hr watches, if you point the small arm to the sun, midnight point will show the south.

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do people really have to be reminded of these things? you lot really didn't know this?

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I used to know how to do this when I was in the Boy Scouts, however, time passed by (get it!?) and I forgot.

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arghh, my watch is digital. no hands!!!!

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Heh heh... the technique needs a little modifying in the Southern Hemisphere...

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If there's sun, shove a stick in the ground, and point it directly at the sun so there is no shadow. Now wait until there is a shadow, and it will point directly east.

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what if the hour hand is past the 6 mark, is the halfway point still halfway cockerclosewise from the 12?
ex: the hour hand is on 8. is the halfway piont at 4 or 10?

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