BTW, how many of us have running Accutrons? I surely can't be the only one.
On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 8:56 AM, William H. Fite <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
