[LINK] Re: The watch without batteries [was RE: incand lamps debate]

Stilgherrian stil at stilgherrian.com
Fri Feb 23 17:09:02 AEDT 2007


On 23/2/07 4:50 PM, "Jan Whitaker" <jwhit at melbpc.org.au> wrote:
> I remember some sort of watch that required movement to keep the
> thing running. Quartz maybe? There were no batteries and didn't need winding.

Behold, the self-winding watch!

   http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/question285.htm

Despite "electronics" in the URL, the self-winding watch is a purely
mechanical device.

Stil


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