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Re: Current Sextant Manufacturers
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2012 Mar 29, 16:45 -0400
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2012 Mar 29, 16:45 -0400
Zvi, I can only add that a) it is not completely clear that Freiberger still manufactures them, and b) SNO-T may be still manufactured, the factory existed few years ago, and they told me on telephone, that yes, they are still making it. But they added: for the Russian Navy only:-) Alex. On Thu, 29 Mar 2012, Zvi Doron wrote: > > Hello, > I was looking at some beautiful C. Plath Navistar Classic second hand sold sextants on the web, knowing that they are not made any more, and wondered who still makes metal marine sextants around the world. After some research I came up with only a handful of makes and models: > > Freiberger > Drum sextant > Yacht Sextant > > Cassens & Plath > Several models all based on their Professional sextant frame > > Tamaya > M-733 Spica > M-833 Jupiter > > Celestaire & Guangzhou > Astra IIIB > > Is there anyone else still making metal marine sextant that I missed? > > > > > : http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx?i=118571 > > >
