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Set your watch to accurate local time (no daylight saving), hold it flat, point the 12 on the dial to the Sun, and at Noon it will always point to North (but in the Northern hemisphere it will point to South).
At other times, some teach that North can always be found by pointing the hour hand to the sun, and that North is then half-way between the hour hand and the 12, but this is not recommended at all by Harold Gatty, one of the world's great navigators, in his book "Nature is Your Guide" as this variation is not accurate: use this variation at your own risk.
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