FxrAndy Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 Mmmmmmm that tachemetre scale looks a but off. 37 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreww Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 (edited) Bingo! Nascar fans aren't the brightest lot. New to the idea of Tachymeters, the simply assumed that the numbers represented Kilometers. The barainiacs converted them to Miles (60 KM = 37 Mi) for there left turn only clientele. Sweeeet! BTW, for the uneducated, the numbers on the tacy ring represent units of distance (ft, yds, km, mi). They are not any measurement in particular. Edited June 28, 2007 by andreww Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gran Posted June 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 Mmmmmmm that tachemetre scale looks a but off. 37 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????/ Elementary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gran Posted June 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 What about this OMEGA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 5, 10, 15, 25, 20, 30 easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrgod Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 Cool thread! Someone seeing something odd with this Navitimer-inspired Poljot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 Well it is a tachemtre bezel but it still has rotory slide rule alignment marks, any thing else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gran Posted June 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 Well it is a tachemtre bezel but it still has rotory slide rule alignment marks, any thing else. Is the Tachymeter scale running in the oposite direction or is it getting too alte for me....and the long minute counter divisions seems a little odd too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrgod Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 Is the Tachymeter scale running in the oposite direction or is it getting too alte for me....and the long minute counter divisions seems a little odd too almost.. I belive it is "half a slide rule". They have obmitted the inner part of the slide rule.. It of course makes the slide rule pretty useless.. The long markers on the chronograph-minutes at 3, 6 and 9 minutes are common on the vintage 50-60ties Chronographs. They were used for timing international phone calls, which were expensive and charged in 3-minutes intervals. Useless today, but a nice vintage design touch. Poljot have also made their own "Navitimer" branded watch. Even with a "Blue Angels" special edition... Who would ever had expected that the Russians would make a watch to honor a US Navy aircraft team.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gran Posted June 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 (edited) almost.. I belive it is "half a slide rule". They have obmitted the inner part of the slide rule.. It of course makes the slide rule pretty useless.. The long markers on the chronograph-minutes at 3, 6 and 9 minutes are common on the vintage 50-60ties Chronographs. They where used for timing international phone calls, which were expensive and charged in 3-minutes intervals. Also, useless today, but a nice vintage design touch. You are keeping me awake with this exiting stuff Christian I never knew they counted telephone calls in 3 minute intervals.....I feel young Edited: Picture that should have been in post #1 in this thread Edited June 28, 2007 by Gunnar Gran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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