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TedDoesntTalk on Dec 28, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Beverly Clock

> on occasions when the ambient temperature does not fluctuate sufficiently to supply the requisite amount of energy, the clock will not function

So it has stopped.

buildsjets on Dec 28, 2021 | [–]

Yes, but it was still right twice a day.

eyelidlessness on Dec 28, 2021 | | [–]

Only on those days when it stopped for a full 24h (adjusting that for leap second as appropriate).

quickthrower2 on Dec 28, 2021 | [–]

But it is “still running” and “never been wound”!

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