Thousands of years ago Babylonian astronomers discovered that as the night sky passed, 12 distinct star constellations rose above the horizon line at fairly equal intervals. We know it as the Zodiac with the twelve Signs. When to meet Anata under the starry sky could now be carefully planned, unless of course the fog rolled in.
Why not divide the day into 12 hours as well Their glassblowing skills were first rate and soon the hour glass business flourished. The accuracy could have been so-so, but the 24 hour conscience of time had seen the light of day.
Centuries ago British sailors recognized the dire need for a fixed time keeping method to safely navigate the vast oceans and in 1884, at the Washington conference, the 24 hour GMT system was adopted as the first worldwide time standard. Some called it Zulu time.
To honor the forefathers of time the YES inchZULUinch embraces all their revelations and is possibly the most comprehensive interpretation of time that money can buy. It relates both natural and modern time back to that ancient celestial 24 hour cycle. At a glance you see times for sunrise and sunset, solar high noon, moonrise and moonset, moon phase, military time and of course hours, minutes and seconds in AM/PM or 2400 time mode, for wherever you are in the world
As all YES watches the ZULU has been programmed for the next century and automatically updates for DST. It has been pre- programmed for nearly 600 cities worldwide and can be set by latitude and longitude.
It keeps digital time for 2 locations simultaneously, and has a stopwatch with lap-time, a timer, a countdown and a past and future date solunar calculator. The 24 hour bezel can be set to keep time for a third timezone.
The ZULU also has a sunrise and sunset alarm which chimes half an hour before and at the event, as well a a regular set alarm with a 10-minute snooze. A back light enables effective readout of time data in the dark.
The hypo-allergenic titanium case and locking clasp bracelet is augmented by an anti-glare sapphire crystal with construction specs to 10ATM water-resistance. The case and outer links of the bracelet are in a satin finish to offer maximum scratch resistance. Tools are included to adjust the length of the bracelet as well as exchanging it with one of the enclosed leather or rubber bands.
Each watch is serial numbered and comes in a beautiful wooden heirloom box. It qualifies as one of those inchheavyinch gifts.
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