Use your Wristwatch As a Compass

1. frenki
   August 14th, 2007 at 12:25 pm

   or if you use one of those 24hr watches, if you point the small arm to the sun, midnight point will show the south.

2. esa
   August 14th, 2007 at 1:34 pm

   do people really have to be reminded of these things? you lot really didn't know this?

3. Ali S.
   August 14th, 2007 at 2:02 pm

   I used to know how to do this when I was in the Boy Scouts, however, time passed by (get it!?) and I forgot.

4. joe
   August 14th, 2007 at 2:17 pm

   arghh, my watch is digital. no hands!!!!

5. Sid Morrison
   August 14th, 2007 at 2:59 pm

   Heh heh... the technique needs a little modifying in the Southern Hemisphere...

6. Terry Austin
   August 14th, 2007 at 4:04 pm

   If there's sun, shove a stick in the ground, and point it directly at the sun so there is no shadow. Now wait until there is a shadow, and it will point directly east.

7. Laura
   August 14th, 2007 at 5:56 pm

   what if the hour hand is past the 6 mark, is the halfway point still halfway cockerclosewise from the 12?
   ex: the hour hand is on 8. is the halfway piont at 4 or 10?

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