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1966 C. Plath, Hamburg sextant
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I have done practice sights with a Weems and Plath sextant built circa late 1980's. Not exactly the same as what you are asking about but it was made by C Plath and I believe it would be similar. 

It was HEAVY.

Some say a heavy sextant is preferred, but it wasn't to my liking. It got tiring to do a number of sights causing me to want to rush through them towards the end. I much prefer a lighter instrument.

The optics were 4X star scope and a traditional horizon mirror.  I found the scope to be good but  not remarkable optical quality.  I believe the older sextants may have different scopes than the one I used.

Also there are now replica sextants out there that say "C Plath Sextant" on the index arm and sell for around $125 USD. These are not "real" sextants and are not suitable for navigation. Along with the "C Plath" fakes there are also a lot of "Tamaya" replicas which are also not suitable for real navigation.

PeterB
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1966 C. Plath, Hamburg sextant - by ZephyrNYC - 12-30-2024, 09:13 PM
RE: 1966 C. Plath, Hamburg sextant - by PeterB - 01-01-2025, 03:08 PM
RE: 1966 C. Plath, Hamburg sextant - by ZephyrNYC - 01-02-2025, 07:48 PM
RE: 1966 C. Plath, Hamburg sextant - by EdCa - 01-01-2025, 04:27 PM
RE: 1966 C. Plath, Hamburg sextant - by Fred_B - 01-02-2025, 04:40 PM
RE: 1966 C. Plath, Hamburg sextant - by PeterB - 01-04-2025, 04:09 PM
RE: 1966 C. Plath, Hamburg sextant - by ZephyrNYC - 01-06-2025, 08:56 PM

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