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Re: eBay item 7302517075 (Ends Feb-27-05 13:01:56 PST) - Sextant Simex Mariner Japanese
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2005 Feb 21, 14:51 -0500
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2005 Feb 21, 14:51 -0500
It'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@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.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 >> >