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by FeistySkink 1139 days ago
How does that work? What are these watches optimized for then?
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daveloyall 1138 days ago
I think the commenter means that mechanical watches don't keep time as well as digital watches. So, I guess they are optimized for mechanical beauty instead of timekeeping.
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FeistySkink 1138 days ago
That you never see? So a piece of software might be amazingly-engineered but doesn't do the main function well - is that the analogy?
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