How do I use the hands of my watch to tell the way?

I'll do it too. a According to the principle that the sun is in the east at 6 a.m., south at 12 noon and west at 6 p.m., the direction can be determined by the watch in the following way:

1. Divide the current time by 2

2. Aim at the sun with the scale of 1 to get the result.

3. The direction of scale 3 is east, the direction of 6 is south, the direction of 9 is west, and the direction of 12 is north.

For example, dividing 2 by 6 o'clock in the morning is equal to 3, aligning 3 with the sun and the result is the same as the conclusion in the above method, dividing by 2 at 12 o'clock is equal to 6, and aligning 6 by the sun is the same as above, and the same is true at 18 o'clock, but this method can only see the general direction, and it is also related to the season, not 100% accurate.

b Normally, the sun is in the east at 6 a.m., south at 12 noon and west at 6 p.m. In the field, as long as there is a watch and there is the sun during the day, you can take the watch off and put it on the palm of your hand, and align the scale of the watch with the sun after the time is halved, and dial 12 refers to the north.

For example, if the time is 14 o'clock and you need to find directions, the time is halved to 7 o'clock. This should be pointed to the sun on the dial with the scale 7 on the dial, and 12 on the dial refers to the north.

To be more precise, you can use a thin, straight needle or twig to stand on the point where the hour is halved and slowly turn the clock so that the shadow of the needle passes through the center of the dial. At this time, the center of the dial and the 12-scale extension direction is north.

At night, when there is no sun, you can see the Big Dipper, and the direction directly opposite the spoon handle is north.

Quickly grasp the mantra for judging the direction: the hour is half a pair of suns, and "12" refers to the north. The "hours" here refers to the 24-hour clock, and the "halved pair of the sun" refers to the time after the 24-hour time is halved and the time is aimed at the sun.

For example, at 11 a.m., the hour hand should be aligned at 5:30 a.m. If it is 2:30 p.m. (i.e. 14:30 p.m.), the hour hand should be aligned with the sun at 7:15 p.m., when the direction of "12 o'clock" is north.

To improve the accuracy of the judgment, a thin hand can be placed on the "halved hour" position (other objects with the same effect can also be used) and the shadow can be passed through the center of the dial.

Precautions. 1."Hours" are used in terms of 24 hours of a day, e.g. 2 p.m. is 2 p.m. at 2 p.m.

2.When determining direction, the watch should be flat (face up).

3.This method should not be used around noon in areas between 20°30' north and south latitudes.

4.Be aware of jet lag. That is, the standard time should be converted to local time by the method of "taking the meridian of the standard time, adding 1 hour for every 15° to the east, and subtracting 1 hour for every 15° to the west".

When facing the Sun, the bisector of the 12-point angle is due south.

Something like this: at that time, the time halved and the resulting scale was facing the sun, and the dial scale 12 was pointing to the north, for example: it was 12 o'clock, and the 12 halving was 6, and the scale 6 was facing the sun, and the scale 12 was the north (the time was 24 hours).

You can check this out, but it's a bit cumbersome;