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That is some serious time keeping equipment you have.
The video is mesmerizing. Is there a single reference clock or timer that is considered the true time and all other timekeepers should use as a reference ? If this timer does exist where is it located? Love the post, love the video.
Stewart
I HAD TO get the extra LEAP SECOND for the PuristS
WHAT YOU SEE GPS satellite master clock on top of the stack, drawing from 12 satellites in geosynchronous earth orbit. Digital slave clock below (with its own internal backup counter if master goes awry) Digital slave clock at bottom (centered, has no int...
That is some serious time keeping equipment you have.
The video is mesmerizing. Is there a single reference clock or timer that is considered the true time and all other timekeepers should use as a reference ? If this timer does exist where is it located? Love the post, love the video. Stewart
THE master clock?
Hi Stewart, There is a MASTER clock in the Naval Observatory. Or rather there are clocks in 20 underground vaults around the US that compare times with each other, and the time gurus generate the ultimate signal for us. You might find the Time from A to Z...
I once heard a Nobel laureate give a lecture on precise atomic timekeeping.
I was on the edge of my seat. It was a great presentation. He worked for National Bureau of Measurements and Standards.
Just when you think it's all flash
and tourbillons, and craziness here all the time... sometimes it feels like a marketer's dream on here, but then I see stuff like this, and realize there are some people that do care about the actual "logy" part of "haute horology". And yes, I love the fl...
I do like your Master Clock....
When I find one I'm sure I'll be able to justify getting it...!!! :) Yours, Andy.
I caught the Leap second...
but only for an instant and it was gone! Nice Master clock cazalea. Best, -- Richard. ...
