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Lunase moon phase watch mechanism
- gorgoiler 2y agoIt takes a special kind of mind to tackle an idea so entrenched, rethink the design from first principles, do it well, and come up with something so different from what was there before. Bravo.
- perilunar 2y agoDoes the "double bosom" occlusion mechanism have a proper name? I always thought it was a bit daft — excusable on watches perhaps — but on larger clocks where there's plenty of space why not just have a half black sphere that rotates once per lunar month? (Even better would be a small model of the moon with a half black shade rotating around it). Anyway: I made a (web) clock with that shows the moon position and phase: https://sunclock.net https://sunclock.net
- caseyohara 2y agoGreat work on that web clock, that's a fantastic UI.
- perilunar 2y agobtw here's a simple SVG animation I made while working out the code: http://virtualgeoff/demos/moonphases/ http://virtualgeoff/demos/moonphases/
- dylan604 2y agoInteresting to show 60 seconds and 24 hour vs 0s. does anyone say 24-hunderd instead of 0 like this would imply?
- perilunar 2y agoIt's common for 24 hour clocks to use 24 instead of 0. It's also pretty common for people to refer to times after midnight as 24:nn or 25:nn to emphasise it's the same evening. Timetables often do this.
- dylan604 2y agoI’ve had the “discussion” about hour-25 vs rolling over to hour-0 before, but in a video timecode sense. Hour-25 does not exist in timecode, so hour-25 is just wrong in that sense. I’ve seen some very strange things that happen when it rolls over in the middle of a video clip.
- jes5199 2y agoI expected to see mention of the volvelle - a medieval device made of paper that could approximate the phase of the moon by moving a circular hole around a carefully designed track. There’s a long explanation of it at https://astrolabeproject.com/downloads/volvelle/deconstructing_the_lunar_volvelle.pdf https://astrolabeproject.com/downloads/volvelle/deconstructi...
- jes5199 2y agowhile we’re all promoting our moon phase apps, I made one for Apple Watch: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/moon-sign-simplicity-for-watch/id1667668795 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/moon-sign-simplicity-for-watch...
- WillAdams 2y agoNice! Ages ago, a "Moonphase" font which I did was used in the typesetting of _Calendrical Tabulations_, so this sort of thing has always been near to my heart (I also used to use a "Phases of the Moon" application as a desktop background).
- sciencesama 2y agoJust use a digital screen for that part
- cafeinux 2y agoJust buy a smartwatch, duh.
- ggm 2y agoIs this innovative for watch complications? It feels like it. It might be the first innovation for a while. Consumes a lot of space under the dial, so occludes other complications.. (not a horologist or luxury watch collector)
- thih9 2y agoMechanical watch: https://monochrome-watches.com/the-elegant-mixture-of-time-and-space-debethune-db28-digitale/ https://monochrome-watches.com/the-elegant-mixture-of-time-a... Prague’s astronomical clock does that too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_astronomical_clock#Moon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_astronomical_clock#Moon More about spherical moonphases: https://www.the1916company.com/blog/variations-on-the-moonphase.html https://www.the1916company.com/blog/variations-on-the-moonph... A smartwatch complication: https://www.david-smith.org/blog/2019/09/26/moon-plus-plus/ https://www.david-smith.org/blog/2019/09/26/moon-plus-plus/ > Geneva Moon seeks to provide a highly accurate, visually pleasing indication of what the moon looks like right now, right where you are. My goal was to make it so that if you look down at your wrist and then up into the sky the images you see should match.
- ggm 2y agoi meant the mechanism not the idea of moon phase. He uses an interesting variation on an iris shutter to manage the transition of the terminator from C to D
- dylan604 2y agoI'd guess that any watch that implements this would be priced in the realm of Rolex or other watches that mere mortals cannot afford. The assembly alone would dictate higher price even if it wasn't blinged out
- aruggirello 2y ago> Improbable stars That was funny! (BTW the middle 'Horned moon drawing' has them too)
- vax425 2y agoIt’s always nice to find another true lunatic. I made a series of clocks that only track moon phase. https://digitalhorology.com https://digitalhorology.com