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Free-sprung
The simplest solution is often the best solution. Jon and Chris touch on the history of timekeeping and then dive into a discuss about the variables that play into precision, mechanical timekeeping.
Samrat Yantra
A massive equinoctial sundial in Jaipur, India
jantarmantar.org
jantarmantar.org
Dolphin Dial
Jon’s favourite example of a sundial, located in Greenwich, England
rmg.co.uk
rmg.co.uk
Wadokei
A wadokei wristwatch created by Japanese watchmaker, Masahiro Kikuno, wherein the length of the hours change according to the time of year
youtube.com
youtube.com
Christiaan Huygens
Inventor of the pendulum clock & early, portable timepieces that employed hairsprings & balance wheels as their regulators
en.wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Robert Hooke
In addition to Huygens, Hooke is also credited with bringing hairsprings to the craft of watchmaking
en.wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Charles Édouard Guillaume
Invented several alloys that are effectively impervious to changes in temperature, dubbed invar & elinvar
en.wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Abraham-Louis Breguet
Creator of the Breguet Overcoil, a form of hairspring that helped to mitigate positional error & improve the performance of mechanical watches
en.wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
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By Chris Manning & Jon Edwards
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The simplest solution is often the best solution. Jon and Chris touch on the history of timekeeping and then dive into a discuss about the variables that play into precision, mechanical timekeeping.
Samrat Yantra
A massive equinoctial sundial in Jaipur, India
jantarmantar.org
jantarmantar.org
Dolphin Dial
Jon’s favourite example of a sundial, located in Greenwich, England
rmg.co.uk
rmg.co.uk
Wadokei
A wadokei wristwatch created by Japanese watchmaker, Masahiro Kikuno, wherein the length of the hours change according to the time of year
youtube.com
youtube.com
Christiaan Huygens
Inventor of the pendulum clock & early, portable timepieces that employed hairsprings & balance wheels as their regulators
en.wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Robert Hooke
In addition to Huygens, Hooke is also credited with bringing hairsprings to the craft of watchmaking
en.wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Charles Édouard Guillaume
Invented several alloys that are effectively impervious to changes in temperature, dubbed invar & elinvar
en.wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Abraham-Louis Breguet
Creator of the Breguet Overcoil, a form of hairspring that helped to mitigate positional error & improve the performance of mechanical watches
en.wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org