What time is it? Watches and horology

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edscoble in reply to @ChainBreaker

Old watches that would be 8 winds.

I thought they were automatic?

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ChainBreaker in reply to @edscoble

I thought they were automatic?

Not possible while in either micro or no gravity. It has to be either manual or battery. The rotor requires gravity to work

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Detritus in reply to @ChainBreaker

That’s what they thought when they were first looking for watches to go into space but pretty sure they’ve discovered that automatics will self-wind in zero gravity (cos of inertia).

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