What time is it? Watches and horology

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mmccarthy in reply to @ChainBreaker

Is there any reason to show cardinal directions in 30 degree increments when the 12 hours on the face do the same job?

It seems like a pretty common thing on watches and I don't know if I'm missing something.

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aggi in reply to @mmccarthy

The Alpinist has an inner rotating compass bezel so they won't always line up with the hour markers.

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mmccarthy in reply to @aggi

I've got a Seiko SNA411 with the direction markers on a rotating outer bezel but I generally just use the 12, 3, 6 & 9 markers for N, E, S & W.

Just always seemed a bit redundent to me.

But like I said, there may well be a reason for it that I'm not yet aware of.

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