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How to read common watch scales

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The article below covers the history of watch bezels and provides an overview of how the following scales are used:
  • Tachymeter
  • Pulsometer
  • Telemeter
  • Decimeter / Decimal Bezel
  • GMT
  • Count-Up
  • Countdown
  • Yacht-Timer
  • Slide Rule
https://bespokeunit.com/watches/bezel-scales/

Also more detail on how to use a Tachymeter may be found here: https://bespokeunit.com/watches/bezel-s ... achymeter/
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Re: How to read common watch scales

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watchpalooza wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2020 3:34 pm The article below covers the history of watch bezels and provides an overview of how the following scales are used:
  • Tachymeter
  • Pulsometer
  • Telemeter
  • Decimeter / Decimal Bezel
  • GMT
  • Count-Up
  • Countdown
  • Yacht-Timer
  • Slide Rule
https://bespokeunit.com/watches/bezel-scales/

Also more detail on how to use a Tachymeter may be found here: https://bespokeunit.com/watches/bezel-s ... achymeter/
Very interesting. Now I want a Telemeter...just because I didn't know such a thing existed in a watch.
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