FL/GA PLS., post: 359372, member: 379 wrote: [USER=8882]@rfc[/USER]
"I still have the whole shooting match. Rolex GMT Master too."
Please tell me you don't wear the GMT in the field daily! :woot:
Sure do. It's been on my wrist non stop since I bought it in 1970, with the exception of occasional overhauls and once over night when It snagged on my weight belt 110' deep in the Virgin Islands when a massive school of monster Tarpon started circling me. I freaked out and headed to the surface only to realize that during the event, the timepiece fell to the sandy ocean floor (fortunately only 120' or so down). When I got to the surface I immediately did a visual resection from some range marks on land, and went back the next day and found it.
I've never owned another piece of machinery that's run for 45 years as well as it has. It's been very reliable, to say the least.:-)
I have never used a sextant, but that instrument rfc showed in the photos is darn right beautiful!!