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I will post a message, explaining the use (and usefulness) of a rotating tachymeter bezel, but it will take a while . . . hopefully, by the end of the day (or night).
Thanks for the interesting question!!
Jeff
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: Could someone please explain something I must not be getting about
: these Autavia models such as the Viceroy ...
: With the bezel marked as a tachymeter from 400 to 60 or so, what is
: the functional benefit of having it rotate?
: I can imagine that you could align the triangle with the minute
: hand to see elapsed time movement, but it isn't directly
: readable from the bezel scale, is it?
: I've seen other bezels that have decimal markings, but ... would
: one ever rotate the Tachy bezel?
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