alt Hacker NewsI just want the clocks. Mondaine tries, but they aren't the same. That 58.5 second rotation then pause is quite clever.
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Here is an original from a German station (in the design of the 1950ies):
https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/bahnhofsuhr/343129269...
After my first visit to Switzerland, I knew I needed one of those clocks for my home. Unfortunately the ones available are cheap (though expensive) and don't have the second hand dwell at the top of each minute.
I always thought I was just imagine a pause at the full minute.
Wait for it, wait for it... Click.
Aaaah.
The central clock dependency is cool, but I wonder is there were any problems with latency -- like does the centralized electrical impulse reach a train station 10km away and another one at 20km at the same time? Did they factor that in?
Mondaine also sells their Stop2Go collection, which is specifically designed to do the pause at 58 seconds
https://mondaine.com/collections/stop2go-watches