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by Animats 2359 days ago
Ad for some watch company.

Wikipedia article.[1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_chronometer

3 comments

They've found a "clever" way to put a pocket watch into a relatively cheap machined bronze case to go on your wrist (hello huge watch) and sell it for over 5x the market value of said movements.

Yuck.

Most posts on here are ads, this one was 90% informative and I enjoyed the read and pictures that went with it, some things that the wiki article is missing.
Just a glance at the homepage would tell you this is nonsense.
The rest of the site might be nonsense to you and me, but I think this page did very well in displaying how much thought was put into ensuring reliability in the design of pocket watch mechanisms in the 1900s.
Most of the homepage is nonsense
Either way, I found it a good read.