asf Posted November 4, 2009 Report Share Posted November 4, 2009 So I'm waiting for my physical and I notice the wall clock behind the nurses has a sweeping seconds hand! Normally I'm not surprised but it's one of those promotional prescription drug branded clock. Looked like it was a 28,800 bph sweep. I really wanted to know how many batteries that thing goes through because there's no way it's mechanical! This makes me want the panerai desk clock that Josh is selling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moggy Posted November 5, 2009 Report Share Posted November 5, 2009 I've got a Chinese made wall clock in my den with a smooth sweep second hand, it uses 1 x AA battery a year. It also keeps pretty good time. Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HaloArchive Posted November 5, 2009 Report Share Posted November 5, 2009 Bulova marketing scheme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnakasaki Posted November 5, 2009 Report Share Posted November 5, 2009 when i was in grade school, all clocks in the classrooms were sweeping. they weren't battery powered though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
signumboy Posted November 5, 2009 Report Share Posted November 5, 2009 I've a seiko wall clock that sweeps . But as said before 1AA a year , clock was'nt expensive though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asf Posted November 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2009 thats a pretty sweet deal at 1 AA a year. I'm going to need to get one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southcoast68 Posted November 5, 2009 Report Share Posted November 5, 2009 when i was in grade school, all clocks in the classrooms were sweeping. they weren't battery powered though! Same here, all classroom clocks were made by the same company "Simplex". They were indeed smoothly sweeping seconds hands and were electric I believe. My last name starts with "C", so I usually wound up getting seated near the front of the classroom most of the time, near the clock on the wall. I always noticed that they all emitted a slight "buzzing" noise about every hour for about 15 seconds or so. I don't know why, maybe they automatically synchronized themselves with a master clock or something. I guess I have been interested in time keeping devices for longer than I thought. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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