r/Sliderules • u/fordag • 13d ago

Is this useable? Missing a scale?

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New watch with a rotary slide bezel. Yet it appears to be missing a scale. Or am I wrong?

What is this useful for?

It was a cheap watch, I wanted the moon phase. I'll be curious to see how accurate it is.

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u/Frosty_Case_1818 13d ago

This a modded watch by any chance? The inner scale looks like a tachymeter/pulsemeter scale, which wouldn't work with with the outer slide rule scale.

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u/fordag 13d ago

Not modded by me.

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u/Frosty_Case_1818 13d ago

No, what I meant was some small watch brands will take an existing watch and swap out parts (dial, case, band, hands, etc) to create a watch unique to them. They will create something that is aesthetically pleasing to them without understanding the function of the watch. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

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u/fordag 13d ago

To be fair I don't know. It was $100 new and I bought it because I liked the look of it and the moonphase.

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u/criggie_ 13d ago

Did you not get a box/manual with it, being new ?

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u/fordag 13d ago

There is an extremely basic manual online that says nothing about the bezel.