[time-nuts] NERC/TEC test
William H. Fite
omniryx at gmail.com
Fri Jul 8 12:56:32 UTC 2011
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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