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jwk
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Thank you for your questions

Hi Dirk, The watch is made for my location which is 50 degrees latitude north with the North Pole as projection point. It gives the date, local time, position of the sun on the ecliptic, position of the moon on the ecliptic, position of the ascending and descending nodes of the orbit of the moon (dragon hand), state of the ecliptic compared to the horizon and the sun/moon eclipses. Basically, once the watch is set you don't want it to stop. To set the watch is very complicated, especially when you have to find the correct position of the dragon hand. When it is not running for a short period of time you can set the correct date by finding the next or last full moon (when the moon and sun hand are opposite of each other) and forward day by day from there. When I am not wearing this watch for more than one day I use my CvdK programmed Swiss Kubik winder to keep it perfect on time. To give you an idea of the dynamics: The dragon hand in the zodiac ring currently points to the year 2019 which is between Leo and Cancer. The sun and the earth remain always in the ecliptic plane but the moon moves around the earth in a plane with an inclination of approx. 5 degrees compared to the ecliptic. The orbit of the moon therefore has two points of intersection with the ecliptic plane and are indicated by the dragon hand. The position of the nodes move approx. 19 degrees in opposite direction of the movement of the sun and moon. The solar time is indicated by using 24 hours with the black dots (see left part of the picture). For example: in my picture the my local time is 6.37pm and the solar time is 17.49 (start counting from 12.00 and the first black dot is 13.00 etc.). You can check this by using the website www.pveducation.org which will give you an idea of the calculation. To get an idea of the sunrise and sunset functionality (see right part of the picture) the sun rises at 7.10 and sets on 16.48 local time, indicated by the sun hand. I hope this answered your questions. Br, JW

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