Hi All; Happy New Years - This may be common knowledge but before Quartz it was difficult for a watch to keep accurate time in a watch vs a pendulum clock due to motion and gravity.
Then several centuries ago the Tourbillon movement was design by a Time-Nut like ourselves. I my humble opinion it is still one of the most amazing feats of engineering ever. And if you are lucky enough to own one you could trade it for a Time-Nuts dream lab today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourbillon [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Stuhrling_Tourbillon_Movement.ogv/1200px--Stuhrling_Tourbillon_Movement.ogv.jpg]<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourbillon> Tourbillon - Wikipedia<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourbillon> en.wikipedia.org In horology, a tourbillon (/ t ʊər ˈ b ɪ l j ən /; French: [tuʁbijɔ̃] "whirlwind") is an addition to the mechanics of a watch escapement. Developed around ... Peace; Tom Knox ________________________________ From: time-nuts <time-nuts-boun...@febo.com> on behalf of Jeremy Nichols <jn6...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 3, 2018 9:56 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Recalling and honoring our heritage Really enjoyable, thank you for the link! Jeremy On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 7:03 AM William H. Fite <omni...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was chided in somewhat patronizing terms by one long-time member of this > group a while back for "wasting our time with obsolete crap that no one > cares about." > > Brace yourselves, I'm going to do it again. > > Attached is a video (one of a series) documenting the design and > construction of mechanical watches. My sarcastic critic notwithstanding, it > is a mistake to disregard our horological heritage. This is from whence we > came. In a very real way, this is who we are. > > Take a look at what can be accomplished with gears, wheels, and springs. It > is a quest for perfection every bit bit as serious and dedicated as the > quest for electronic clocks with accuracy in the attasecond range. > > Or just mutter under your breath and smack the delete key. > > https://youtu.be/hoO7PtR0ujY [https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hoO7PtR0ujY/hqdefault.jpg]<https://youtu.be/hoO7PtR0ujY> Watchmaking art part 1<https://youtu.be/hoO7PtR0ujY> youtu.be Watchmaker documentary > > > > -- > 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 -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts time-nuts Info Page - American Febo Enterprises<https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts> www.febo.com time-nuts is a low volume, high SNR list for the discussion of precise time and frequency measurement and related topics. To see the collection of prior postings to ... > and follow the instructions there. > -- Sent from my iPad 4. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts time-nuts Info Page - American Febo Enterprises<https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts> www.febo.com time-nuts is a low volume, high SNR list for the discussion of precise time and frequency measurement and related topics. To see the collection of prior postings to ... and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
