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Revolutions in time is a fabulous book!
May 26, 2019,23:32 PM
Just reading it now πππ»
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Thoughts triggered by the book "Longitude" by Dava Sobel
By: Watch_time_it_is : May 26th, 2019-23:21
Took some time over the Memorial Day break to read Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time This quick read brings to life the impact of Harrisonβs Clocks on not only the world of navigation but on ...
I've read the book
By: cazalea : May 28th, 2019-13:01
and agree with most of your observations, though I might propose that increasingly "under 20's can't / don't / won't read an analog watch" Sadly -- at my wife's elementary school they took out analog clocks (with hands) and replaced them with digital disp...
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By: Bounce781 : May 28th, 2019-21:15
I LOVE this Gerber watch. Sad times indeed with the teaching curriculum
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By: Jurry : June 1st, 2019-09:02
After reading your post I downloaded the book and read. Interesting reading and a very nice combination of watches, time keeping, politics, astronomy, history and navigation. Especially I used to be a pillow t who still had to learn the old fashioned manu...