For those of us whose time-nuttery extends into the fascinating world of mechanical watches and clocks, the kind of accuracy usually discussed here is not only impossible but essentially irrelevant (quelle horreur!). Our interest is in the beauty and elegance of micromechanical devices that have evolved over centuries. When I look down at one of the 25 or so wristwatches in my small collection or up at the ten wall and floor clocks in my home, I am seeing far more than merely the time. If all I want is the time, I can always glance at my phone or go to the basement and fiddle with one or another of the electronic devices there.
My oldest watch, a Waltham Model 57, has been running continuously for 150 years and still keeps time within a minute per day. Horology is about so much more than crystals and resonances and Allen deviations. On Monday, March 5, 2018, Gerhard Hoffmann <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Am 05.03.2018 um 14:01 schrieb Bob kb8tq: > >> If you want to stick with WWV, the Citizen “Ecco Drive” (solar) WWVB >> > ECO-Drive > >> watches are a pretty good option. Until I caved in to the wonders of >> a cell phone on my wrist, I used them for many years. Nothing to fuss >> with. No battery to die on you. Always keeps the right time. Available >> in titanium. The only drawback is the limited number of styles they >> make it in. You may or may not see one you like the looks of. >> >> > I second that. In Europe, it synchronizes to DCF77 and in > Japan to Fukushima, if that should be operational again. > > I wonder how they make it, that it lives from just a few > photons now & then, year after year. > > Gerhard > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/m > ailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. --Mark Twain We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low. --Desmond Tutu _______________________________________________ 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.
