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A torsion pendulum clock, more commonly known as an anniversary clock or 400-day clock, is a mechanical clock which keeps time with a mechanism called a torsion pendulum. This is a weighted disk or wheel, often a decorative wheel with three or four chrome balls on ornate spokes, suspended by a thin wire or ribbon called a torsion spring (also ...
Hermle Clocks (1922–present) Junghans, Schramberg (1861–present) Kieninger Clock Company, initially in Mönchweiler, 1921 new factory in Aldingen (1912–present) Kieninger & Obergfell Uhrenfabrik (KUNDO trademark), Sankt Georgen (1918 - recent) Kienzle Uhren, Schwenningen - Schlenker and Keinzle until c1897 (1883-1996) Franz Ketterer
A torsion pendulum clock requiring only annual winding is sometimes called a "400-Day clock" or "anniversary clock", sometimes given as a wedding gift. Torsion pendulums are also used in "perpetual" clocks which do not need winding, as their mainspring is kept wound by changes in atmospheric temperature and pressure with a bellows arrangement.
In modern mass-produced clocks and watches, the same movement is often inserted into many different styles of case. When buying a quality pocketwatch from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century, for example, the customer would select a movement and case individually. Mechanical movements get dirty and the lubricants dry up, so they must ...
While red No. 3 has been banned from cosmetics in the U.S. since 1990, the dye – one of nine synthetic dyes approved for use in the U.S. – remains in food products.. However, the FDA has two ...
Kundo may refer to: A German manufacturer of torsion pendulum clocks in the early 20th century; Kundo: Age of the Rampant, a 2014 South Korean film; KundÅ Koyama, a Japanese writer; Kundo, a deity in the fictional World of Greyhawk
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The start of a new year is often when we look for ways to adjust our outlook. Drawing on Nelligan, and a few of those figures in the world we can encourage our kids to observe, here are five bold ...