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Folks,
Having just sent my tongue-in-cheek reply to
Anselmo, I should get back on-topic.
I have never seen any mention on the List of a
sundial watch I bought in Arizona in 1985 for $US 6.00.
It is made by Fossil, a US maker of 1950s and
1960s memorabilia, and "collectible" watches. The latest are Harry Potter
watches. I kid you not! I guess that the Tolkein watches will follow later this
year. Fossil call it the Fossil Sundial. The part number is SD-7620. The
dial is made of cast resin with the appearance of granite, with Roman numerals
on the bezel, and considerably smaller Arabic numerals on the face. I haven't
measured the gnomon angle, but it is less than 45 degrees. It comes with a
rather nice leather band. All in all, not too bad for $16! When I saw it in
1985, I couldn't get my credit card out fast enough
Last year, out of curiosity, I visited a Fossil
store in Sydney and I also looked at the Fossil web site (www.fossil.com) to see if they were still
available. Short answer "no". I have just checked the Fossil web site again, and
the style is not listed.
If anyone is interested, I can take some digital
images and send them. To avoid the problems of sending images to the List, I
will wait for a week or so, and send the images to everyone who replies in one
hit.
Of course, it is pretty useless in Australia, but
it is fabulous at parties!
Cheers, John
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