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The balance wheel oscillates at 8 beats per second, but it requires 2 beats to complete a full second "tick", so most modern mechanical watches actually tick at
by Cookingboy 12y ago
The balance wheel oscillates at 8 beats per second, but it requires 2 beats to complete a full second "tick", so most modern mechanical watches actually tick at 4 times per second.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balance_wheel#Period_of_oscillation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balance_wheel#Period_of_oscilla...
- sanoli 12y agoIt is 8 ticks per second. Look at this video of the hand up close (it's a 28800 bph movement): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxgahvNH3q0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxgahvNH3q0