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Comment Article on astronomical watches (Score 1) 231

Check out the Feb. 2006 issue of Astronomy Magazine for an article about astronomical watches. I couldn't find it on their website, only current issue articles were there. But if you can find the magazine you'll love the article if you are into watches. They have descriptions and pictures of watches that can tell you all kinds of astronomical stuff. Simple things like moonrise and set times, up to actual star charts (a planisphere built into the dial) and planet locations. It even describes a watch from a swiss maker that only produces 2 per year. It costs a few hundred thousand dollars and had over 600 parts in it. It's basically a planetarium software program you wear on your wrist. Some of the cheaper ones are only a few hundred bucks so they would be in range of a normal collector.

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