Jeff Bezos' 10,000 year clock

[ro63rto]

The ultra billionaire owner of Amazon has plowed $32 million into a clock that will run for 10,000 years. It is being built in a mountain on his ranch in Texas.

 

http://longnow.org/clock/

 

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[oldhippy]

I would much prefer a clock built by one of the great masters of horology.  

[Geo]

8 hours ago, oldhippy said:

I would much prefer a clock built by one of the great masters of horology.  

 

A strange comment OH, bearing in mind if they pull it off it will probably be the most incredible horological achievements ever!

[oldhippy]

I would have thought the Atomic clock was good enough. It has been going for years and they keep up grading in order to improve the time keeping, not that it makes any difference to the average person..

[Geo]

The atomic clock is definitely more than good enough, but what is being built is effectively the most sofisticated mechanical clock ever built, just because they can.  Apart from the occasional human input which will be be more for the amusement of humans, it will be powered in the same type of way as an Atmos clock which is self perpetuating. This surely will be the most incredible and accurate mechanical horological timepiece ever.  With no wires, oscillators or batteries, surely you as a traditional nuts and bolts clock person must like the idea of self perpetuating mechanical horological perfection!

I hope they manage to regulate it well, one second a day error would be about 41 days over 10,000 years! 

[oldhippy]

Surely you as a traditional nuts and bolts clock person. Oh yes I like my nuts and bolts.