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How a Wristwatch Works

How does a small object on your wrist keep time? Follow the energy and timing routes inside mechanical and quartz watches, calculate how motion becomes a readable display, and learn what a timing log can actually tell you.

6 chapters · 1 hr 13 min reading

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Chapters

  1. 01

    What a clock must do

    12 min
  2. 02

    Storing and delivering energy

    12 min
  3. 03

    The escapement and the oscillator

    13 min
  4. 04

    Turning motion into a readable time

    11 min
  5. 05

    Quartz and electronic counting

    12 min
  6. 06

    Why a watch gains or loses time

    13 min