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If you're interested in the functioning of mechanical watches, they're amazing:

https://ciechanow.ski/mechanical-watch/

Previously on HN in 2022: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31261533

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Bartosz links to it in the Further Reading section, but wanted to highlight the Wristwatch Revival YouTube channel[0] as well. Really great content and very understandable after reading the article!

0: https://www.youtube.com/c/WristwatchRevival/videos

Love this channel, perfect ASMR for nerds. Marshall is of course also one of the foremost Magic: the Gathering podcasters and commentators.

> perfect ASMR for nerds.

Haha yeah I like to have this on it the background when I’m doing other things.

Thanks! Macroexpanded:

Mechanical Watch (2022) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38591084 - Dec 2023 (163 comments)

Mechanical Watch - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31749299 - June 2022 (1 comment)

Mechanical Watch - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31261533 - May 2022 (413 comments)

There's also a neat one about the process of making mechanical watches,

https://watchesbysjx.com/2017/05/portrait-masahiro-kikuno-ja... ("Masahiro Kikuno, Japanese Independent Watchmaker")

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14610110 (108 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19011880 (98 comments)

That is one of the coolest demonstration sites I have ever seen. What a neat way to learn about watches. Kudos to whomever created that page

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