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Here are a couple of interesting sextants on ebay that may be of interest to
Kerian and Doug.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3712196537&category=4399

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3709739043&category=37971
&sspagename=STRK%3AMESUS%3AIT&rd=1

On the second one, the Tamaya, something went haywire with ebay's server
which started posting a series of the same bid amounts for hours before
auction end which precluded any further bidding.

Joel Jacobs


----- Original Message -----
From: "Royer, Doug" 
To: 
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 5:44 PM
Subject: Re: Sisteco Prismatic Compass


> Fred,dissapointing to hear about the sextant you purchaced.I hope you got
it
> for a good price including shipping charges.I am always leary of
purchaceing
> items that I cannot see and touch beforehand.
> As for the German vs Japanese sextants it is my opinion,biased of
> course,that the Japanese have for quite some time superior equipment to
the
> German equipment.The Tamaya and Simex sextants are the best in the world
> today when you consider basic unit price,repair and parts
replacement,weight
> and robustness.
> I'm not downplaying the German stuff totally.There are some great sextants
> made by them.For my money any Tamaya is the best sextant.
> I've had some discussions with Joel Jacobs off list about differant
sextants
> etc(and other sea fareing topics). With his background and experiances he
> has a wealth of info and is willing to exchange ideas and experiances.He
has
> a "D" rateing in the U.S. Navy and much experiance in the developement of
> Tamaya sextants.
> Hope you like your "new" toy.
> By the way,do you collect older sextants?Don't you also have some older
> British equipment you wrote about in the past?Just curious.
>
>
>
> Regarding Cassens and Plath, I just received yesterday one I purchased
> on Ebay.  I was rather disappointed that the shades were glued in.  I
> would say Tamaya's Spica would be the only ultra-high quality sextant
> left.  I am pleased to see that they have come down in price about $200
> (and the Jupiter went up $200).
>
> Fred
>
>
> > On a related note, I did a google seach for C.Plath and found to my
> > shock, that they no longer exist; that they were bought out by Sperry
> > (a venerable firm that has been around for some time). I also did a
> > search of Weems and Plath and found that they appear to no longer sell
> > their own model of brass sextant; they now market the Tamaya.
> >
> > Is this the end of the era of the superb craftsmanship of the German
> > sextant? Is Cassens and Plath still around?  Are they solvent?

   

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