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[–] [email protected] 38 points 10 months ago (13 children)

My first thought was to be appalled at the lack of education on display.... But is there any real reason to keep analog clocks.. other than habit and nostalgia?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Clocks were invented before electricity. If an EMP took out all the electronics, a mechanical clock is still the best way to measure longitude at sea

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

While true, most clocks are quarts oscillators These days so would die also. That said, love me a mechanical clock and have a skeleton watch I daily drive.

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