I have two Western Union/Self-Winding Clock Company Clocks. Some background info: <http://www.kensclockclinic.com/pdf/Model%201900S%20White%20Paper.pdf> <http://www.prc68.com/I/SWCC.shtml> (Brooke Clarke's site, a member of this list).
I synchronize mine using my NTP server built from a Soekris NET4501, driven by a Trimble Thunderbolt. Not the same as retrofitting a clock not specifically meant for the purpose, but I like it. Ralph On Mar 4, 2009, at 6:52 AM, Steve Rooke wrote: > Has anyone looked at locking an old mechanical clock to precise time? > What I'm thinking of is something like an old cuckoo clock. The rule > is that the clock remains basically standard and is only steered by > the external source, say, by a magnetic pulse to the pendulum, IE. no > physical connection. Obviously the correct period of the pulse would > have to fit the timing of the pendulum. OK, it seems pointless as you > can't read time with any real accuracy on something like a cuckoo > clock but I'm sure there is the likelihood of something like this > being done by someone like us. > > 73, > Steve > -- > Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD & JAKDTTNW > Omnium finis imminet > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
