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Re: Mystery Sextant
From: Ridge White
Date: 2017 Oct 27, 08:14 -0400
From: Ridge White
Date: 2017 Oct 27, 08:14 -0400
John,
Your sextant looks virtually identical to the M.A.C. sextant, for which I have a number of new parts. Let me know what you might need. Thanks!
Ridge White
Robert E. White Instrument Services
11 Pound Street
Medfield, MA 02052
Tel: 508-359-7467
11 Pound Street
Medfield, MA 02052
Tel: 508-359-7467
On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 9:13 PM, John Visser <NoReply_Visser@fer3.com> wrote:
Thanks, Frank. I am more inclined to think that these were made by Magma, and private labeled by others, including Tamya. It appears to be a clone of a C. Plath. I think Tamya may have been responding to price pressure and contracted for these to fill in the low end. I have a Tamaya, and it is far superior to this example. It's also been suggested that folks made counterfiet Tamyas from these.
Part of the reason I say this is because my label says Magma Corp., and then "brand: N.Y. Nautical.
It seems O.K., though, but please excuse, I have made up this alternate narrative I present, based on my observations and reading, and I'm no expert.
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