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comment by kleinbl00
kleinbl00  ·  1519 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The 10,000-Year Clock Is a Waste of Time

Yeah the timekeeping mechanism and the time-displaying mechanism are separate. You show up and "wind" the motion works to the point where they hit the stops. We call that a remontoire in horology.