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When you succeed in reading the time, you then must subtract 1 hour again, to know what time it was when you first decided to find out.

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The latest in CuriousMarc's series about repairing a 1960s Atomic Clock.
This time its an OCX - or to be more precise a double oven controlled crystal oscillator, from the early 1960s.

These were used to keep your precision time source in step with an accuracy of parts to 10^-11
Somewhat more precise than the average crystal oscillator that probably adorns your wrist.

If you haven't seen the rest of the series, and interesting time pieces are just the thing to brighten up your day, the rest of the series of videos are well worth watching.

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You might all enjoy reading about the Le Coultre et Cie "Compass" camera...

Yes you read that correctly, they made cameras, but not just any camera, this is a marvel of Swiss engineering and British Design.

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If you want to know the details... and why wouldn't you? follow this link -> http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Compass

They turn up on ebay from time to time, but they are a little pricey.

 

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1 hour ago, RichardHarris123 said:

Brilliance or madness!!

Its a fine line between the two, but in terms of honing your machining skills, definitely brilliance.

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