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Allowing a chronometer to 'run out'
From: Zvi Doron
Date: 2012 Apr 18, 19:40 +0100
From: Zvi Doron
Date: 2012 Apr 18, 19:40 +0100
I have just read somewhere that:
a. If one cannot be there to wind the chronometer regularly and therefore
it would ‘run out’ of spring power and stop, it is better to stop it before
leaving, when there is still some power left in the spring.
b. Once stopped, the balance wheel should be locked, either with cork or
with the provided mechanism, even if the chronometer is not going to be
moved.
Is this true? or just Grandma’s tales?
