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Re: eBay item 7302517075 (Ends Feb-27-05 13:01:56 PST) - Sextant Simex Mariner Japanese
From: Mike Burkes
Date: 2005 Feb 21, 13:33 -0800
From: Mike Burkes
Date: 2005 Feb 21, 13:33 -0800
The Spica RESEMBLES but is NOT a Tamaya Jupiter
and the index arm of my Spica sure can pass for a Jupiter index arm!
A while ago List member Joel Jacobs supplied some info regarding the Simex
story. I will try to locate the post and share with whomever is interested.
Sorry for belaboring the issue and I for one would like to get the complete
scivvy on the Simex story!
Mike Burkes
----- Original Message -----From: Fred HebardSent: Monday, February 21, 2005 11:51 AMSubject: Re: eBay item 7302517075 (Ends Feb-27-05 13:01:56 PST) - Sextant Simex Mariner JapaneseIt's not a Jupiter, and I'm not sure that it was made by Tamaya. There
were several other manufacturers of sextants in Japan.
Did you see the Spica with 2 scopes that just went for $810? It looked
to be in mint condition.
On Feb 21, 2005, at 2:46 PM, Alexandre Eremenko wrote:
> Mike,
> Thanks for the info.
> If I understood correctly, "Simex" is out of business now.
> (Do you know approximately when it went out of business?)
> And you say that the actual manufacturer of these sextants was Tamaya.
> The price of $300 seems indeed very low for a good sextant
> in a good condition, especially for a Tamaya "Jupiter" with 3
> telescopes!
> Alex.
>
> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005, Mike Burkes wrote:
>
>> Hi Alex I will try and answer questions and any corrections,
>> additions, etc. can be supplied by List members Joel Jacobs, Ken
>> Gebhart of Celestaire,
>> and others.
>> a) The word " Simex" originates from Capt Svend T Simonsen
> founder of the defunct Coast Navigation School
> in Santa Barbara, Ca. and author of "Coastwise and Blue Water
> Navigation" ISBN 0-13-809970-7. He essentially contracted with Tamaya
> to supply the sextants for the school.
>> Highly resembles Tamaya "Jupiter".
>> b) The shades are Polaroid filters from pg 241 of his book in that
>> they are single units and have to be rotated to adjust for filtering
>> and dispenses with the individual shade units. Also has a separate
>> astigmatizer lens which transforms the image of a star into a streak
>> of light which according to the book eliminates swinging the arc. I
>> have not used the astigamatizer in that manner but sounds too good
>> to be true! That can be a subject of further discussion from the List
>> along with Adm Davies' " Prism Level"!!
>> c) Do not know metal composition but being "essentially a Tamaya" I
>> would venture a guess a combination of metals.
>> Hope this helps and the above folks can supply, correct, and/or amend
>> the info. Please keep me informed and thanks!
>> Mike Burkes
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Alexandre Eremenko
>> To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERVWEBKAHUNA.COM
>> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 9:34 AM
>> Subject: Re: eBay item 7302517075 (Ends Feb-27-05 13:01:56 PST) -
>> Sextant Simex Mariner Japanese
>>
>>
>> Looks interesting indeed,
>> Could you explain me:
>> a) What is "Simex" and how is it related to Tamaya?
>> b) What these unusual shades are? They look very
>> different from the "standard" 3+4 shades.
>> c) Is it aluminium, brass, or combined (like Tamayas)?
>> Thanks,
>> Alex.
>>
>> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005, Mike Burkes wrote:
>>
>>> Hi folks!
>>> Superb deal on a superb sextant! I have one and can attest to it's
>>> quality! Essentialy a Tamaya. Good scopes and filters!
>>> Thanks!
>>> Mike Burkes
>>> http://cgi.msn.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
>>> ViewItem&category=37971&item=7302517075&rd=1
>>
>
