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Re:Canada's only watchmaking school still ticking after 80 y... by p1necone on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @10:21PM (#48826728)
My father was a watchmaker. Fond memories of going with him in his van to the various jewellers he did work for picking up and dropping off. I remember being given a big metal lamp from his workshop when he passed away and realising the body of the lamp was not isolated from the incoming power, although luckily not at mains voltage (not what killed him).
Re:Canada's only watchmaking school still ticking after 80 y... by brador on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @02:16AM (#48828213)
Maybe it was a touch lamp? (Like a clapper but works when you touch the body not through sound)
Re:Canada's only watchmaking school still ticking after 80 y... by p1necone on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @02:33AM (#48828334)
Not unless touch lamps are supposed to give you an electric shock :)
Re:Canada's only watchmaking school still ticking after 80 y... by brador on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @02:47AM (#48828447)
Some of the older/cheaper touch lights did/do give a slight shock! It was a different time. (They worked by detecting a change in resistance).
Re:Canada's only watchmaking school still ticking after 80 y... by MarceliusK on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @07:25AM (#48830521)
Fond memories and a slightly terrifying electrical inheritance