We're always very busy with clocks and we're thrilled to welcome a new volunteer, Robert, who is a horologist by trade 
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He was kept occupied at our February and March repair cafés and we're sure next month will be no different.
A big thank you to Robert for joining the team!
@pabloniusmonk@mastodon.socialThinking about giving up the smartwatch...
How Analog Clocks Can Give Us More by Giving Us Less 
An analog clock gives you just enough information to keep you tethered to the world without overwhelming you.
Today from the #TimeLibrary: my blog post about #smartwatches and #horology. How does your smartwatch know the time, anyway?
Today from the #TimeLibrary: #Swatch was absolutely killing it in 1993. They made a pager watch. And a whole-arse mobile phone! Amazing.
Today in the #TimeLibrary: students' kinetic installations about time and perception! I love my job.
I decided to try my hand at servicing a mechanical watch movement. I love mechanical watches and have several that are either never serviced or expensively professionally serviced.
I bought a practice movement to tear apart, a few tools I didn’t already have, and this adorable tiny set of starter oils.
Now I’m just waiting on the movement to get here and then we’ll see how bad I screw it up.
Either way it’ll be fun to learn.
@gisiger@nerdculture.deThe Greatest Horological Inventions of All Time, Part 1: the #Pendulum #Clock and Improving the Accuracy of #Timekeeping
@gisiger@nerdculture.deInteresting post from 2020: This guy commissioned #OchsundJunior to create a custom annual calendar #watch tailored to his individual needs.
@gisiger@nerdculture.deWith the continuing rise of pre-pubescent #microbrands, WatchPro asks if they could be the engine of innovation for modern #watchmaking.
https://www.watchpro.com/designer-dozen-12-microbrands-disrupting-the-watch-business/
@gisiger@nerdculture.deUhrenbranche: Eine kleine Marke fordert die grossen Player heraus - SRF
@gisiger@nerdculture.deT3: #Bulgari are making #watch parts so small you can't even see them
"Pin told me all about the design of their Piccolissimo movement. Used in some of their smallest automatic ladies watches, this movement features 100 components and weighs just one gram. That means the average component in that movement weighs just 0.01 grams."
https://www.t3.com/luxury/watches/bulgari-are-making-watch-parts-so-small-you-cant-even-see-them
Good time keeping is an important business. A fascinating story about the distribution of time by the "Belville method" in 19th and early 20th Century London.
#time #timekeeping #horology #clocks #belville
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4nn7gew9zxo
6 days in. 6 days ago, all these watches were in sync with the Waveceptor (which sycs to an atomic clock).
The G-Shocks are running ahead pedal to the metal, two SKMEIs are in sync still and one is lagging behind. #casiocult #casio #SKMEI #horology
Five hundred and seven mechanical movements
(1871) Brown, Henry T.
Url: https://archive.org/details/fivehundredands01browgoog
#my_bibtex #design #gears #horology #machines #mechanics
@Mayobrot@zirk.usWalking instead of taking a faster means for transportation can yield some interesting results. It can change the way you see the world around you and allow you to see things you didn't see otherwise.
I wrote a little essay about just that, about how speed affects perception of the world: https://a-blog-with.relevant-information.com/posts/living_at_the_speed_of_spiders/ [a-blog-with.relevant-information.com]
@muzej@mastodon.social
The Casio WQV-1 Wrist Camera from 2000 is the first digital camera built into a wristwatch. It can store 100 black and white photos with a resolution of 120x120 pixels.
It's not hard to imagine how it sparked the interest of gadget enthusiasts back then. Thanks to a kind donation to the museum, we hope that, like with the recent Gameboy Camera, we'll soon be admiring its photos as well.
