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No my digital clock doesn't show seconds. As for the london one, I was actually wondering about that! I know it depends, because some analog clocks work like di
by fouronnes3 2y ago
No my digital clock doesn't show seconds. As for the london one, I was actually wondering about that! I know it depends, because some analog clocks work like digital one and snap to the next minute by discrete increments.
- kevin_thibedeau 2y agoAll escapement driven clocks are discrete.
- michaelcampbell 2y agoPedantically, only above second granularities. They're continuous between second hand sweep movements at subsecond ones, no? I mean, there's no point on the watch that the second hand doesn't "hit" at some point, however small. Or am I wrong that "intermittent, jerky, continuity is still continuity"?
- DiggyJohnson 2y agoWell it depends on the interval. Taken to the limit, this would be a very nerdy way to rediscover calculus.
- donkers 2y agoThis is true unless you look at something like a Seiko Spring Drive, which has a completely smooth second hand sweep, although it’s not entirely mechanical (and maybe only watch nerds care about this) https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/does-spring-drive-have-an-escapement https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/does-spring-drive-have-an-...
- undersuit 2y agoAnalog Clock movements with second hands! The seconds hand is rarely smooth, we want the tick, but the minute hand and hour hands are smooth.
- necovek 2y agoMost analog (really, with a geared mechanism) clocks do not "snap" on exact minutes but slowly drive toward them (because that's simpler and thus cheaper).