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Re:How Watches Work by yupper32 on Monday August 09, 2021 @09:05PM (#28124180)
The watch I have is rated to +-2 seconds a day. It'd take 15 months of not adjusting my watch to be 15min late.

That's pretty amazing to me that basically a spring and some gears can be that good at keeping time.

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Re:How Watches Work by emodendroket on Monday August 09, 2021 @11:18PM (#28124844)
Yeah, I don't deny there is a certain natural fascination to them.
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