Turn Your Watch Into A Compass

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How to Use your watch as a compass.

Hold the face of your watch up and point the hour hand towards the sun.  Half the distance between the hour hand and twelve o'clock will be due south.

If you have a digital watch draw a old style watch face on the ground using a stick. Draw the hour hand first so it points toward the sun. Now orient yourself to the clock on the ground and add the rest of the numbers to your drawing. Again, half the time between the hour hand and the twelve o'clock position will be due south.