Orienteering watches

Orienteering watches

Orienteering watches

An orienteering watch serves a useful purpose on land, sea and in the air by indicating north without a compass.

The user need simply point the hour hand towards the sun and a hand, driven by separate gears and making one revolution in twenty-four hours, will show north.

Perimeter

Haute Horlogerie Perimeter

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