[time-nuts] watch innards video

Brooke Clarke brooke95482 at att.net
Thu Sep 9 16:10:55 UTC 2010


Hi FL:

Thanks for the link to the book on escapements.
Maybe it contains an explanation for the Self Winding Clock escapement:
http://www.prc68.com/I/SWCC.shtml#Esc

Have Fun,

Brooke Clarke
http://www.PRC68.com


Flemming Larsen wrote:
> When I was a kid, I loved to watch the pendulum swing back and forth and listen to
> the tick-tock of my grandparents old wall clock. When I was about five, I completely
> disassembled my parent's mantle clock. It wasn't until many years later that I learned
> to put them back together and learn about what makes them work.
>   
> For an interesting document about clock and watch escapements, check this out:
>   
>     http://www.angelfire.com/ut/horology/EscMechanics.pdf
>   
> For endless hours of entertainment, watch the animated drawings on this website:
>   
>    http://www.angelfire.com/ut/horology/escapement.html
>   
> -- FL
>
>
> --- Den ons 8/9/10 skrev normn3ykf at stny.rr.com<normn3ykf at stny.rr.com>:
>
>
> Fra: normn3ykf at stny.rr.com<normn3ykf at stny.rr.com>
> Emne: Re: [time-nuts] watch innards video
> Til: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement"<time-nuts at febo.com>
> Dato: onsdag 8. september 2010 08.45
>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiCPu0SjEW4
>
> OOOOOHHHHHH!!! If I didn't find electronics so fascinating, I'd be going to school for an ME degree rather than an EE..
>
> ---- David Smith<w6te at msn.com>  wrote:
>    
>> Norm, the link was stripped out of your message. Please send it to me directly.
>>   
>> Thanks,
>>   
>> Dave W6TE
>>
>>      
>>> Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 10:32:52 -0400
>>> From: normn3ykf at stny.rr.com
>>> To: time-nuts at febo.com
>>> Subject: [time-nuts] watch innards video
>>>
>>> Hi all!!
>>> If you don't know a mainspring from an escapement, watch this video.
>>> I was wondering about the physics of the hairspring, jewel pin and escapement/pallete arm.
>>> Cool stuff.
>>> Norm n3ykf
>>>
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Have Fun,

Brooke Clarke
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