Comment on The Life and Death of the Bulbdial ClockComments−denton-scratch2yWhy not replace it with a Bulbdial Clock that has no moving parts?I missed the part where they explained how you get a moving shadow, without either moving posts or moving lights.−pjc502yA series of fixed lights that turn on and off. Which results in quantized hand positions, but hey.−ovi2562yReal clocks already use quantized movements, the quanta are just tiny−globular-toast2yI think Seiko's Spring Drive counts as continuous. There is a quartz crystal which times the electronic part but this only serves to retard the balance wheel rather and never completely stops it.−pjc502yTrue - it's very hard to build a continuous tickless clock.
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I missed the part where they explained how you get a moving shadow, without either moving posts or moving lights.
A series of fixed lights that turn on and off. Which results in quantized hand positions, but hey.
Real clocks already use quantized movements, the quanta are just tiny
I think Seiko's Spring Drive counts as continuous. There is a quartz crystal which times the electronic part but this only serves to retard the balance wheel rather and never completely stops it.
True - it's very hard to build a continuous tickless clock.