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Re: Chronometers (WAS: Re: Sextant shops in Hong-Kong?)
From: John Germain
Date: 2001 Apr 24, 10:31 PM
From: John Germain
Date: 2001 Apr 24, 10:31 PM
Not a lot of bamboo grown in these parts...Sorry, everyone, I shouldn't be here. Coastal is my game, but the Man-hoovering stuff is quite cute. I just wish we actually might have the ability to make use of it. Working in all weathers on a coastal patch takes the edge away..... bung it in to the Diffed GPS and if that don't work, just follow the dot on the SIMRAD.. John Germain > ** Original Subject: Chronometers (WAS: RE: Sextant shops in Hong-Kong?) > ** Original Sender: Yves Arrouye > ** Original Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 04:04:16 +0100 > ** Original Message follows... > > > Can't help you there, Yves, but I do need a new main-spring > > for my wrist-chronometer, this one has dried out! > > You mean you bought a chronometer there and can't find the part in the > British Isles? > > Speaking of watches, I will be looking at the Suunto Yachtman too. For those > of you in the US that may have been tempted by it, I saw it here at $329 + > tax, and you can mail order it from France (yep, my country) for < $250 (cf. > http://www.the-eye-shop.com/gb/fiche_produit2.asp?id_pdt=1341). My true > dream yachting watch would be a Piquot Meridien (but the price tag makes me > faint), or the Elvstrom regatta one, or its most recent ripoff, the TNG > (http://www.sailingwatch.com); they're all way more expensive than a Suunto, > do way less, but they're more classical. > > What watch do you use at sea? I am not intent on spending $$$ on it, but I'd > like one with easy access to preset chronos for racing, and big numbers for > these sextant times (need to move my watch to the left hand...). > > YA >** --------- End Original Message ----------- ** >