[time-nuts] Cesium Mechanical Chronometer
jimlux
jimlux at earthlink.net
Thu Jan 30 18:31:42 UTC 2020
On 1/30/20 9:29 AM, Bob kb8tq wrote:
> Hi
>
> There’s not a lot of “room” inside the typical Hamilton chronometer. Simply getting
> an electronic drive gizmo inside (and wires out) would be a major task. Having it work
> properly with the drive coming and going ….wow …. The detent setup is a very fiddly
> bit in these devices.
>
> My *guess* is that a CSAC on a couple of batteries will run longer than the chronometer
> (before it needs to be wound). If auto winding is part of the mix, that gets even more into the
> … wow … region.
winding without inducing vibrations that affect the rate of the clock?
Although I assume Harrison designed for this?
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