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<Noxz>
no images showed up for me, maybe adblocker
<Noxz>
a 'tourbillon' is supposed to negate the effects of gravity for pocket watches
<Noxz>
wristwatches have no need for them, just a pretty "complication" to look at
<pie_>
im somewhat skeptical tourbillons actually do that
<pie_>
but you're the watchmaker
<pie_>
you should make a CAD simulation :P
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<qu1j0t3>
pie_: according to wikipedia, that is what they're for. It immediately reminded me of how temp coefficients can be cancelled out in electronics and stuff like that.
<pie_>
qu1j0t3, yea sure, it was more a question of does it actually work
<qu1j0t3>
why would you doubt it?
<qu1j0t3>
if it didn't, it wouldn't have a page on wikipedia :-)
<qu1j0t3>
it wouldn be on the "scientific hoaxes" page
<qu1j0t3>
on the other hand, epicycles probably have a page, so never mind
<qu1j0t3>
anyhow, the principle is explained there
<qu1j0t3>
it also mentions why wristwatches don't need it
<pie_>
also obscure things might not show up on the hoaxes page? i mean how many people analyze tourbillons? :P
<pie_>
so really my main question is whether the complexity added might negate any tolerance improvements or something
<qu1j0t3>
did you read the page?
<qu1j0t3>
the idea of playing a force off against itself is everywhere in engineering
<qu1j0t3>
it works
<pie_>
no i have not read the page yet but i will
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<qu1j0t3>
pie_: Tourbillons aren't obscure! I think you may not realise how important timekeeping was for ships and others at the time :) For navigators it's life and death
<Bike>
do actual marine chromoneters have tourbillons?
<qu1j0t3>
they probably did for a while.
<qu1j0t3>
whatever the state of the art was
<Bike>
stuff does last a while
<Bike>
i think the us navy still teaches star navigation because they think gps might get hacked
<qu1j0t3>
yep
<qu1j0t3>
and Apollo used it as a very important backup
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<john_cephalopoda>
Today spacecraft still use the stars to find out their orientation.
<SpeedEvil>
Yes, but not manually, with a sextant, as a backup
<john_cephalopoda>
Yeah, they got an automatic star sensor.
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<pie_>
lol
<pie_>
space pirates novels but with like, sea ships