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How do I adjust my analog watch for Daylight Savings Time?

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In the spring, you move your clock forward one hour. In the fall, you move it back one hour.

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How do you locate the North Star?

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It's in the tail of the Little Dipper, if you can find that. Another method would be to locate the Big Dipper -- the two stars farthest from its tail point to the North Star.

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What should a person close to equator do (being between hemispheres)?

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As long as you are north of the equator, this method should work.

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Do you have to wind an analog watch?

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It depends on the watch. Most mechanic ones need to be wound in certain intervals. A watch with a battery in it does not.

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Does daylight savings affect North and South detection methods?

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Yes. What you have to do is that if it is spring season (you need to know the month), and your watch is adjusted 1 hour ahead for Daylight Savings, you need to put it an hour behind to use it as compass, or assume where the hour hand would be one hour back. In the fall, you have to do the opposite.

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