[time-nuts] NERC/TEC test

[William H. Fite]

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 <hmurray at megapathdsl.net> 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.
>
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