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Check out this 19th century pocket sundial its pretty cool

submitted by Kozel to Wristwatches 1 monthMay 4, 2025 13:39:23 ago (+36/-0)     (pomf2.lain.la)

https://pomf2.lain.la/f/5zyfxys3.mp4



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[ - ] PostWallHelena -3 points 1 monthMay 4, 2025 14:05:37 ago (+1/-4)

Takes a half an hour to tell the time. How practical is that?

[ - ] Kozel [op] 12 points 1 monthMay 4, 2025 14:16:24 ago (+12/-0)

more practical than not knowing what time it is

[ - ] Nosferatjew 1 point 1 monthMay 4, 2025 16:55:22 ago (+1/-0)

lol

[ - ] HeavyBrain 3 points 1 monthMay 4, 2025 15:36:59 ago (+3/-0)

Extremly, if you want to know the time.

Can you tell me the time shown in pic?

[ - ] Nosferatjew 1 point 1 monthMay 4, 2025 16:57:05 ago (+1/-0)

It's amazing to me how many grown "adults" are unable to read an analog clock. How can someone live like that... it's on par with not being able to read at all.

[ - ] HeavyBrain 0 points 1 monthMay 4, 2025 19:03:22 ago (+0/-0)

What surprises me that many white people can't do it.

[ - ] uvulectomy 0 points 1 monthMay 4, 2025 21:03:48 ago (+0/-0)

11:40:20. Is that supposed to be hard?

[ - ] Kozel [op] 0 points 1 monthMay 5, 2025 05:43:30 ago (+0/-0)

no but when you get to 11:42 and 11:43 its a 60%/40% guess

[ - ] HeavyBrain 0 points 1 monthMay 5, 2025 15:12:11 ago (+0/-0)

For too many its sadly is.

[ - ] WhatColorIsYourTigerCage 0 points 1 monthMay 4, 2025 17:46:39 ago (+0/-0)

I want to make a joke about how this item is no good if you're a vampire...

[ - ] GreatSatan 0 points 1 monthMay 4, 2025 21:41:18 ago (+0/-0)

Bigguyfromqueens mogged

[ - ] 2plus2equals5 0 points 1 monthMay 4, 2025 22:30:23 ago (+0/-0)

How about a programmable mechanical computer, able to predict solar system movements, created a couple hundred years before Christ?
https://www.worldhistory.org/Antikythera_Mechanism/

[ - ] edmundo 0 points 1 monthMay 5, 2025 06:05:35 ago (+0/-0)

Looks quite interesting. I'd love to learn how to use such device. Of course today, having GPS, these devices are no longer necessary, but it's still interesting to learn how to use them.

[ - ] Oz5711 0 points 1 monthMay 5, 2025 07:46:20 ago (+0/-0)

Forgif me, hwæt tíd is hit?
...
Ne gime.

[ - ] kammmmak 1 point 1 monthMay 4, 2025 15:33:47 ago (+1/-0)

Who made it? Country of origin?

[ - ] HeavyBrain 3 points 1 monthMay 4, 2025 15:36:11 ago (+3/-0)

Africa of course.
Then them ?-pipo came and stole it.

[ - ] Nosferatjew 1 point 1 monthMay 4, 2025 16:54:54 ago (+1/-0)

The pocket watch of my dreams.

[ - ] Autismo 1 point 1 monthMay 4, 2025 17:27:43 ago (+1/-0)

Where can I buy this on alibaba express

[ - ] Cantaloupe 1 point 1 monthMay 4, 2025 21:33:06 ago (+1/-0)

Cool

[ - ] Master_Foo 2 points 1 monthMay 4, 2025 15:09:02 ago (+2/-0)

It would have been cool if there were sun to show it working.

[ - ] ruck_feddit 7 points 1 monthMay 4, 2025 15:20:15 ago (+7/-0)

Man, Casio has come a long way.

[ - ] Autismo 6 points 1 monthMay 4, 2025 17:51:39 ago (+6/-0)

This is not a sundial. It's an astrolabe, which is used at night to determine the positions of the stars relative tot he horizon.
And, for the record, to read a sundial you place it in direct sunlight and point it north. The shadow points to the time just like the hands on a clock. It takes zero skill to read a sundial, it reads just like a clock, faggot

[ - ] ruck_feddit 4 points 1 monthMay 4, 2025 18:13:25 ago (+4/-0)

What are you crying to me for?

[ - ] Lost_In_The_Thinking 6 points 1 monthMay 4, 2025 18:32:38 ago (+6/-0)

Seriously. I mean, he's correct, I know what an astrolabe looks like and how it functions, but he should have commented to OP, not you. I guess his user name is pretty accurate.

[ - ] ruck_feddit 1 point 1 monthMay 4, 2025 21:55:48 ago (+1/-0)

I know, man. One of my GShocks has the alti/temp/astrolabe triple function. It's also solar powered, so who's stupid now?

[ - ] Lost_In_The_Thinking 2 points 1 monthMay 5, 2025 02:35:59 ago (+2/-0)

I just looked up GShock. Holy cow, you weren't joking. It's made by Casio. That is so far and away from the $9 Casio I bought in 1983. Plus, their watches are nearly indestructible. I still have it in a desk drawer minus the band. It just needs a new battery.

[ - ] kammmmak 1 point 1 monthMay 4, 2025 15:32:54 ago (+1/-0)

Lol comment of the day