Comment on The Life and Death of the Bulbdial ClockparentComments−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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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.