February 20, 2005 at 12:27 am
These pics are from “Hunt for Red October”
Been curious for years as to what these were, some kind of slide rule for working out speed and bearing?
Anyone know where I can get my hands on one or wants to sell one?


By: wd1 - 21st February 2005 at 07:13
the round thing that they seem to be spinning around. some kind of circular slide rule?
By: Wanshan - 20th February 2005 at 23:10
I don’t think bratwurstdimsum was referring to the stopwatch but rather to the other implement the officer is holding.
By: SteveO - 20th February 2005 at 20:02
I think this was the scene where they did a high speed run down a undersea canyon or valley and were timing their turns to avoid crashing.
By: dreadnought - 20th February 2005 at 19:51
a simple stopwatch, like in the old days you launched a torpedo and you knew how long it would take for the torpedo to impact, so you follow on the stopwatch, if you didn’t here a bang anter the calculated time, you well missed 😀
By: Funkycartel_1 - 20th February 2005 at 12:42
I suppose simple chronometers, actually to estimate distances