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Yep I use this for setting my mechanical watch every morning, great website apart from the clock text is relative to window width, so I can't zoom out if the wi
by veltas 3y ago
Yep I use this for setting my mechanical watch every morning, great website apart from the clock text is relative to window width, so I can't zoom out if the window is too short, I literally have to resize the window width to see the time.
- qumpis 3y agoThat's an interesting morning routine. Why do you do so (do you work in 'measurement' industry?)?
- defrost 3y agoMechanical clocks (like all clocks . . .) drift. For two centuries mechanical clocks and watches have been regularly wound and reset. Ports traditionally had a noon day canon and ball drop down a pole (like a flag pole) for ships in the harbour to set their onboard clocks to (for navigational use in determining Longitude). Watches frequently have bimetallic strips (two sided) with metals that each expand with a differing coefficient to counter effect for rate of 'tick' with respect to tempreture. Ships at sea required triplets of clocks with mechanisms that countered for pitch and roll accumulation. You might enjoy: https://ciechanow.ski/mechanical-watch/ https://ciechanow.ski/mechanical-watch/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude_(book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude_(book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horology
- veltas 3y agoI think for me it's just part of the fun of owning a mechanical watch. Yesterday I got to increment the date from 31 to 1! But also it's useful having accurate time on my wrist and its drifts a few seconds every day (like any mechanical watch).