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Finding North Using an Analog Watch
The watch must be operational and the time accurate for this to work.
1) Lay the watch flat horizontally in your palm, with the watch face up.
2) Position the watch so the hour hand is pointing directly at the sun.
3) Note the angle between the hour hand and the 12 o’clock mark. The center of the angle marks the north-south line, with south on the side closest to the sun.
Please remember that this information is in standard time. Daylight Savings Time is a government construct that the universe does not follow; ergo, when the watch is set to DST, substitute 1 o’clock for 12 o’clock.