Exactly,

Sep 12, 2022,22:58 PM
 

it totally depends on the intended context and application. As it relates to musicians, I always admired the fact that Phil Collins - my favorite singer/songwriter never learned to read sheet music (notes) smile. During my 6 years at a hyper traditional music academy in Eastern Europe, I never learned to read notes fast enough to play live from sheets, so I had to memorize every single classical composition by heart in order to perform it in front of the jury at semester endings.... Cheers, Filip

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Degrees, Gears & Ratios, Part 1

 
 By: cazalea : September 12th, 2022-18:10
Degree is a very complex word in English, with many meanings: a unit of measuring temperatures, as in 40° C a unit of measuring rotation, such as "a right angle is 90°" a measure of technical difficulty of skill in an athletic competition, such as gymnast...  

Am at odds with....

 
 By: enjoythemusic : September 12th, 2022-18:20
Mathematical perfection versus 'the soul of flow'. Many musicians can play The Notes, yet far fewer can play The Music. I feel these relate to dials and visual art, though a pure tool MIL timepiece might have one desired visual 'perfection' for the task a... 

That’s a splendid analogy with the notes vs the music

 
 By: mrds : September 12th, 2022-20:08
Dial design and proportions must be the single most difficult task when designing a watch. Especially for a simple 2 or 3 hander.

Exactly,

 
 By: InHavenPro : September 12th, 2022-22:58
it totally depends on the intended context and application. As it relates to musicians, I always admired the fact that Phil Collins - my favorite singer/songwriter never learned to read sheet music (notes) . During my 6 years at a hyper traditional music ... 

Impressive InHavenPro 🎶🎵🎶

 
 By: enjoythemusic : September 13th, 2022-03:29

I guess one of the more common flaws is the division markers between seconds

 
 By: mrds : September 12th, 2022-20:15
One example is the VC Cornes de Vache, which runs on 3Hz but has 1/5th of a second markers, I guess for esthetic reasons. I think they changed this on the (later) steel model, but the Pt version shows this inconsistency.