I knew about using my hand to estimate time left til sunset, but the other 2 I didn't know about. This was very interesting and useful. Thank you, Mr. Dyer! Fun stuff.
I have the Ansonia and it is fairly accurate. Wesclox made inexpensive pocket watches including one called the Boyproof. The Pocket Ben would have been your average blue collar workers model. You can get one off Ebay that runs, although I recomend having a watch repair place clean and inspect it so don't pay a huge amount.
Great video my friend! My Sunwatch is my favorite piece of gear I use on the field and trail. The two timekeeping tricks are valuable pieces of information to use and teach others as well! Thank you and God be with you.
How do you get around the migration of the North Pole? It moves 37 miles every year if this thing is 100 years old we could be talking about quite a few degrees. Which should change the time radically.
I find that very interesting, I am of course extremely curious about one point. One of the key components is the compass what you have to line up with the North. However what a lot of people don't seem to understand is that magnetic north has been migrating about 37 Mi every single year. Which means the degrees should be off quite a bit from when. I'm not really sure how that is working out to be so close. I would love to get one and play with it. I know with navigational Maps you have to go by the year it was published and change the degrees according to the shift of the magnetic pole when using a compass.
To all those who have never trekked switchbacks on a 4000 foot watershed through a moonless night in ink pot blackness TAKE HEED. One of our hiking companions, an acquaintance’s girlfriend, walked right off the trail screaming & breaking foliage. It was, to this day, one of the scariest few seconds of my life. She almost tumbled off a steep bluff but sufficient shrubbery & ferns kept her on this planet. We human-chained and got her back. How we self rescued in that pitch black void is something I could not remember then nor these 28 years later. It occurred on Bootjack. A trail that climbs hikers from John Muir Woods to Stinson Beach in Marin County, California. One of the prettiest 4 miles in the state. And how did we get caught on serpentine switchbacks in the pitch black? We malingered too long on the beach feeding apples to seagulls. Something as innocent as losing track of sunset on a beach almost resulted in a wilderness fatality. Because we didn’t think we needed watches (nor survival gear) Tough lesson learned. Today I don’t hike without a comprehensive survival kit.
That's a crazy life event brother. My children and I recently hiked on a state park trail in the early day and my 11 year old almost fell off a shear cliff. Scared me terribly. He wasn't paying close attention and then off he almost went.
I knew about using my hand to estimate time left til sunset, but the other 2 I didn't know about. This was very interesting and useful. Thank you, Mr. Dyer! Fun stuff.
I am very glad it was helpful!
That is a most fascinating piece of vintage gear! Thank you for sharing!!
You bet, thanks for the support!
I have the Ansonia and it is fairly accurate. Wesclox made inexpensive pocket watches including one called the Boyproof. The Pocket Ben would have been your average blue collar workers model. You can get one off Ebay that runs, although I recomend having a watch repair place clean and inspect it so don't pay a huge amount.
Thanks for the info! I will look into that, I appreciate you sharing the knowledge!
Awesome knowledge great explanation and interesting information like always
Thanks again!
Well, another thing I feel I need. Thanks for the videos!
Glad you like them brother! Thank you for the support!
Great stuff brother
Much appreciated!
Great video my friend! My Sunwatch is my favorite piece of gear I use on the field and trail. The two timekeeping tricks are valuable pieces of information to use and teach others as well! Thank you and God be with you.
Thank you and God bless!
How do you get around the migration of the North Pole? It moves 37 miles every year if this thing is 100 years old we could be talking about quite a few degrees. Which should change the time radically.
Very interesting.
Glad you think so! It is a fun thing to take out in the woods and get familiar with. Thank you for the support!
I find that very interesting, I am of course extremely curious about one point. One of the key components is the compass what you have to line up with the North. However what a lot of people don't seem to understand is that magnetic north has been migrating about 37 Mi every single year. Which means the degrees should be off quite a bit from when. I'm not really sure how that is working out to be so close. I would love to get one and play with it. I know with navigational Maps you have to go by the year it was published and change the degrees according to the shift of the magnetic pole when using a compass.
The Ansonia Sunwatch patent is 1,418,926 issued on 6 June 1922 to George Hollinwood.
Thank you! 😊
To all those who have never trekked switchbacks on a 4000 foot watershed through a moonless night in ink pot blackness TAKE HEED. One of our hiking companions, an acquaintance’s girlfriend, walked right off the trail screaming & breaking foliage. It was, to this day, one of the scariest few seconds of my life. She almost tumbled off a steep bluff but sufficient shrubbery & ferns kept her on this planet. We human-chained and got her back. How we self rescued in that pitch black void is something I could not remember then nor these 28 years later. It occurred on Bootjack. A trail that climbs hikers from John Muir Woods to Stinson Beach in Marin County, California. One of the prettiest 4 miles in the state. And how did we get caught on serpentine switchbacks in the pitch black? We malingered too long on the beach feeding apples to seagulls. Something as innocent as losing track of sunset on a beach almost resulted in a wilderness fatality. Because we didn’t think we needed watches (nor survival gear) Tough lesson learned. Today I don’t hike without a comprehensive survival kit.
That's a crazy life event brother. My children and I recently hiked on a state park trail in the early day and my 11 year old almost fell off a shear cliff. Scared me terribly. He wasn't paying close attention and then off he almost went.