How can a watch also be a compass?

Professor · Nov 20, 2020

If I'm not mistaken the Alpinist internal bezel is also used to mark the heading of landmarks. Going up and down in mountains you'll loose sight of a landmark and having a predetermined heading helps you re-acquire it.

Vercingetorix · Nov 20, 2020

Ascalon
That IWC is lovely.

@Vercingetorix great handle, mate. A classics scholar, or Asterix fan?

Fan of history. Googling Asterisk, I found that Vercingetorix is also mentioned in The Adventures of Tintin, thereby completing the circle.

In the French version of The Adventures of Tintin comic Explorers on the Moon, Captain Haddock calls Thomson and Thompson, "Espèces de Vercingétorix de Carnaval!" (Carnival Vercingetorix).

How can a watch also be a compass?

Professor

Vercingetorix

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