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FPJ Centrigraphe movement - Foudroyante hand motion
Riddler's new purchase encouraged me to think about what is going on here.
As far as I can tell from playing with this, it appears that the 100th hand is stopping at 1/6 s intervals. For each 1/6s interval the hand is still for 1/3 of the time and in motion for 2/3.
Interestingly the hand impulses are at the following points (in100ths) (167/1000 s apart)
5, 22, 38, 55, 72, 88
The recorded time will always be 'short', but of a maximum of about 56/1000 s.
(can someone check my working. 
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Whilst not a true chronograph it's still pretty accurate, unless you're trying to measure a 1/10th of a second and record 1/20th. lol
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FPJ Centrigraphe movement - Foudroyante hand motion
Riddler's new purchase encouraged me to think about what is going on here. As far as I can tell from playing with this, it appears that the 100th hand is stopping at 1/6 s intervals. For each 1/6s interval the hand is still for 1/3 of the time and in moti...
I ve read the technicals right after our pal posted the
incoming thread,technically very interesting ,great that they set apart the time keeping and chrono your question i m tired to check at the moment.
Thanks My Friend.
I looked at slomo rate video of it so one can clearly see the 6 residence points. Yes it is true the device allows stoppage at any point, but the time measured will not linearly correlate with real time. I wonder why Journe chose these stop points of 5 22...
I'm fairly certain the hand impulses differ from example to example because of how it works
You're analysis is correct however - it does not measure the 1/100s linearly. In fact, the 1/100 scale can be arbitrarily replaced with a different number (like 1/50, or 1/200 etc). Let's revisit the basics of how it works again, so we can understand abou...