anaesdoc
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Visit to the Greenwich Observatory, the prime meridian and "home" of GMT
Jun 24, 2018,15:25 PM
Dear fellow Purists,
this summer I plan to travel to London with my son who just turned 20 this month.
As I infected him with the watch bug some time ago, he also read the very enjoyable book from Dava Zobel: "Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time"
Ever since my son read the book, he wanted to go to Greenwich Observatory where a number of Harrison´s original naval chronometers are on exhibition.
I wonder whether someone has already been there and would be willing to share some hints and ideas concerning this "father-and-son" getaway (is there a London watch road or quarter (something like the Savile Row for watch nuts) or other watch-/time-related places worth while seeing like e.g. the National Maritime Museum?).
Any suggestions or experiences will be very welcome!
Thanks to everybody for their insights!
Kind regards
anaesdoc