In fact, that was exactly what Accutron watch technicians were taught to do. They deliberately set the watches to run slow (~4 seconds per day, I think, but someone may correct me on that) because, when worn, slight bumps and jars would stimulate the tuning fork to vibrate slightly faster for a fraction of a second and/or the index wheel to advance two notches per impulse rather than one.
On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:59 PM, Hal Murray <[email protected]> wrote: > > IThis reminds me of the story (from time-nuts) of how to calibrate a pocket > watch. The recipe was roughly: > > Take watch to shop. > Shop puts watch in stable environment. > Shop adjusts watch to tick corectly. > Shop gives watch to customer. > Customer uses watch as "normal" for a week. > Customer brings watch back to shop. > Shop mis-adjusts watch to match customers usage patterns. > > > > -- > These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
