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That’s why the continuous motion ones are so sought after and pricy. The mechanical continuous motion watches are really marvelous feats of engineering
by vrc 4y ago
That’s why the continuous motion ones are so sought after and pricy. The mechanical continuous motion watches are really marvelous feats of engineering
- Intermernet 4y agoThey're also (as far as I understand it) not actually continuous motion. They just have much smaller increments of movement than a single second.
- garaetjjte 4y agoIt seems there are mechanisms with fully continuous motion, eg: https://www.grand-seiko.com/global-en/about/movement/springdrive https://www.grand-seiko.com/global-en/about/movement/springd...
- marcosdumay 4y agoIs it "fully continuous" if it has a discret electronic controller correcting it all the time?
- coldtea 4y agoIt's still continuous, as even when fully ticking, it still goes from point a to b passing through all the in between points... well, up to planck length at least... Ticking just makes the motion jerky/abrupt, not discontinuous/discreet...
- Intermernet 4y agoOoh, alright, you win this one, but only on a technicality. I won't mention the fact that liquid crystals are also in a constant state of motion while under power ;-)
- marcosdumay 4y ago> up to planck length at least... Well, we actually do not know that...
- dymk 4y agoThe movement is still quantized if you look close enough.