amerix
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writing 2 beats per second
on the dial face would have a more calming effect on me than 7,200 beats per hour, which to a novice could sound like an awful lot of beating going on.
The balance wheel could do that even more. In fact my very first memory, at the age of three, is that of a pendulum clock in the family apartment.
On the other hand, such a watch could make me feel nervous and uncomfortable. Do the seconds hack?
Heinrich Hertz was a great german physicist, and this unit of measurement is a tribute to his name. I also remember the post WW II years in the USA when it was called "cycles per second" and temperatures in Celsius "centigrade" - whereas "fahrenheit" inexplicately retained the name of its creator Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, born in Danzig - and is even more inexplicately being used today, in countries where miles and inches rule ;-)
Herz (without the t) is also the german word for "heart" which has pretty much the same meaning(s) in every language - although some thought that the "soul" was located in the liver or, according to the french philosopher Descartes, the pituitary gland - deep within the brain.
While I am in Deep Space,
amerix
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BaselWorld 2013 : Antoine Martin
BaselWorld 2013 : Antoine Martin Antoine Martin has been a well guarded secret for a couple of years now. Martin Braun, the technical brains of this outfit can't unfortunately, use his own name for the brand due to the sale of his former brand. With pocke...
writing 2 beats per second
on the dial face would have a more calming effect on me than 7,200 beats per hour, which to a novice could sound like an awful lot of beating going on. The balance wheel could do that even more. In fact my very first memory, at the age of three, is that o...
an inexplicable - and unforgivable - spelling mistake
after all those corrections and revisions ... I was typing at 3 Hertz. amerix This message has been edited by amerix on 2013-06-21 03:22:38
I have time for the watch but not the advert on the video
a thirty-second golf advert? Don, could that somehow be circumvented? Thanks Cazalea
Not sure what is up...
when I start the video I don't get any ad at all. Very strange. Will try and put this on the PP account at utube. Sorry, Don
that balance is just mesmerising.
What i have never been able to understand though is why someone would sell their name even of the brand is their name. Gerald Genta did it and now they put his name on anything. Great video. shame the balance cant be on the front of the watch....or could ...