For two centuries mechanical clocks and watches have been regularly wound and reset.
Ports traditionally had a noon day canon and ball drop down a pole (like a flag pole) for ships in the harbour to set their onboard clocks to (for navigational use in determining Longitude).
Watches frequently have bimetallic strips (two sided) with metals that each expand with a differing coefficient to counter effect for rate of 'tick' with respect to tempreture.
Ships at sea required triplets of clocks with mechanisms that countered for pitch and roll accumulation.
I think for me it's just part of the fun of owning a mechanical watch. Yesterday I got to increment the date from 31 to 1! But also it's useful having accurate time on my wrist and its drifts a few seconds every day (like any mechanical watch).
For two centuries mechanical clocks and watches have been regularly wound and reset.
Ports traditionally had a noon day canon and ball drop down a pole (like a flag pole) for ships in the harbour to set their onboard clocks to (for navigational use in determining Longitude).
Watches frequently have bimetallic strips (two sided) with metals that each expand with a differing coefficient to counter effect for rate of 'tick' with respect to tempreture.
Ships at sea required triplets of clocks with mechanisms that countered for pitch and roll accumulation.
You might enjoy:
https://ciechanow.ski/mechanical-watch/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude_(book)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horology