The world of a pocket watch

Dec 27
10:04

2011

Soo Yeon Jung

Soo Yeon Jung

  • Share this article on Facebook
  • Share this article on Twitter
  • Share this article on Linkedin

Most pocket watch models divide time through mechanisms and mechanical gears.

mediaimage

There is a rate and it is converted by a combination of pocket watch gears,The world of a pocket watch Articles these goes up to 3 gears and is concentric tubes that fit together. Also concentric ones are rising to the sphere. These are the conference hours, minutes and seconds at the ends of the tubes are placed inside the needles, which turn around the sphere at a distance of few tenths of a millimeter without touching, indicating the time.

Basically, although there are some pocket watch models, which are more complex, its operation consists of a quartz crystal oscillating at a 32000Hz and a chip that has these oscillations to a certain number, then the chip knows who has spent a second and sends an electrical impulse. The accuracy of this system is extreme. It is common for even the most inexpensive and simple to obtain accuracies of about 7 seconds per month, depending on circuit models can reach 3 seconds per year or less.

 Analog clocks are those needles to indicate the time. The electrical pocket watch impulse of the crystal oscillator circuit is generated at intervals of 1 second and it is connected to an electromagnet which spins a magnetic rotor. Just like a small motor, it gears with a few impulses are carried to the wheel of hours, of minutes and seconds. The complexity of the mechanical and maintenance is much lower than a mechanical watch, while its accuracy is much higher.

     

 Battery-Feeding

 The power supply for a pocket watch is usually a silver oxide battery 1.5Voltios and amperage from 5 to 250 by dragging circuit and mechanical parts. This type of Power offers a range of about a year, although there are clocks for low power consumption and high amperage battery can last 2 or more years. In this case the battery is replaced by a battery that is charged with energy, these clocks can run smoothly for over a decade. Although the battery will sooner or later must be replaced as it loses its storage capacity.

Through solar panel

Some of the latest models have a solar panel which is usually the entire area, which is painted on the solar panel and is connected to the accumulator.           

On the other hand, when it comes to a dynamo, in this case the battery is connected to an electrical generator generates electrical pulses each time the oscillating mass is inside the clock moves by the natural movement of the person who carries it.

The digital pocket watch models are integrated quartz circuit across a specific circuitry that is connected to a liquid crystal display segments, or even dot matrix which shows the time.