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| Dominick & Haff, Pelorus |
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| Simex Mark 1 (Tamaya) Sextant: $550.00 |
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| This is a very nice unit in excellent
condition. Simex was a brand sold by Captain Svend Simonsen, made by
Tamaya in the late 60's. Captain Simonsen started a sailing school
and taught classes in coastal and celestial navigation. His experience
goes back to learning to sail as a young man and then being asked to teach
navigation to the Army's Transportation Corps in the US and Australia
during WW II. After the war Capt. Simonsen worked as a captain for
the Military Sea Transportation Service till the 50's, then moved
ashore. By the mid-60's he had a desire to get involved once again
in sailing and decided that there was a need for seamanship education and
he started out by going to a student's home and working one on one.
Capt. Simonsen was impressed by the quality of post war Japanese sextants
and decided to market Tamayas under his own brand here in the states. Simex
might have been the very first Japanese sextants to be sold in the US.
Much like when Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic was first introduced to the US
market, a very fine SLR made by the Asahi Optical Company of Japan. In
2007 it is hard to imagine products coming from Japan not being considered
as having adaquate quality for the American market. (This information comes via a 1968 article in Time magazine.) This instrument comes with two scopes and original accessories including two AA batteries. It looks as if this instrument was never put to use. Box shows wear, leather handle is broken, box has key. |
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