[time-nuts] NERC/TEC test

William H. Fite omniryx at gmail.com
Fri Jul 8 12:57:19 UTC 2011


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 <omniryx at gmail.com> 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.
>
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> 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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