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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchclock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchclock I found the pre-electronic way of having a portable audit clock that had keys
by storyinmemo 2y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchclock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchclock
I found the pre-electronic way of having a portable audit clock that had keys attached to buildings with numbers that would stamp the clock rather fascinating.
- gerikson 2y agoIt's weird that the Wiki article doesn't have an image of the actual clocks, only of the stations.
- shagie 2y agoIt appears to be rather unchanged since the earlier devices. http://www.centraltimeclock.com/security/watchclock.php http://www.centraltimeclock.com/security/watchclock.php (the brochure and manuals are interesting) And an old one ( https://youtu.be/xwkIzphNFZY https://youtu.be/xwkIzphNFZY - annoying music) Clock with a rotating piece of paper in it. When the key is turned, it alters (cuts / stamps) the paper. The modern ones are modern made, but the design remains rather unchanged.
- water-data-dude 2y ago“This increase in the electronic systems led the largest U.S. manufacturer of watchclocks, Detex, to discontinue all of their mechanical watchclocks on December 31, 2011” That’s a later date than I would have assumed