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Jul 10, 2015, 11:19 AM
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Jul 10, 2015, 11:19 AM
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Jul 10, 2015, 11:20 AM
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Jul 10, 2015, 11:48 AM
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Jul 10, 2015, 12:11 PM
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It's nice to see that they were allowed to give a little character to the numerals given the criticality of their time-keeping mission.
In many ways, the dials of the ship's chronometers mirror the standard railroad watches. The standard for railroad watches required bold, Arabic numerals, but did not specify a font or style.
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Jul 10, 2015, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by
FuzzyB
It's nice to see that they were allowed to give a little character to the numerals given the criticality of their time-keeping mission.
In many ways, the dials of the ship's chronometers mirror the standard railroad watches. The standard for railroad watches required bold, Arabic numerals, but did not specify a font or style.
That's a good comparison, I wonder if there is a common heritage there? If the designers of RR watches looked at ships chronometers for inspiration on simple elegant legibility
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Jul 10, 2015, 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by
is that my watch
Not interested unless it has a giant arrow and the slogan, "THIS WAY UP" at 12:00!
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Jul 10, 2015, 10:53 PM
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Deck clock, barometer and ship's bell from my childhood.
-hayday


Last edited by hayday; Jul 11, 2015 at 01:01 AM.
Once in awhile you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
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Jul 11, 2015, 12:13 AM
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The Dude Abides
This has to be my next alarm clock. Super cool!
"Either He's Dead, Or My Watch Has Stopped....."
Groucho Marx
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Jul 11, 2015, 03:01 AM
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Originally Posted by
is that my watch
This one makes me want to go crack a Heineken
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