Using a Watch as a Compasspossiblywrong.wordpress.com 19 pointsjtaft3 years ago3 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−chadupton3yGreat read!I originally learned about this in the mid 90's in a manual for this drab brown and green Timex Field Watch that I bought. I wrote about this on my blog awhile back too:https://brokensecrets.com/2010/04/22/use-your-watch-as-a-com...−robobro3yI live on the equator...North: hour to sun, bisect with 12 for south.South: 12 to sun, bisect with hour for north.Equator : mark the movement of shadows, I guess.−possiblywrong3yAuthor of the linked article here; re marking movement of shadows, I wrote a follow-up that discusses some alternatives, mainly that one:https://possiblywrong.wordpress.com/2014/07/05/using-a-watch...
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Great read!
I originally learned about this in the mid 90's in a manual for this drab brown and green Timex Field Watch that I bought. I wrote about this on my blog awhile back too:
https://brokensecrets.com/2010/04/22/use-your-watch-as-a-com...
I live on the equator...
North: hour to sun, bisect with 12 for south.
South: 12 to sun, bisect with hour for north.
Equator : mark the movement of shadows, I guess.
Author of the linked article here; re marking movement of shadows, I wrote a follow-up that discusses some alternatives, mainly that one:
https://possiblywrong.wordpress.com/2014/07/05/using-a-watch...