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Old 12 August 2018, 03:07 AM   #1
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Very cool stop and go movement

I know this isn't a Rolex, but I thought the movement was very, very cool regardless. I love how the second hand stops, then the minute hand snaps into place, and then the second hands resumes. Most interestingly the second hand has to make a full rotation in 58 seconds to make up for the lost two seconds.

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Old 13 August 2018, 02:00 PM   #2
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Very cool indeed!
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Old 14 August 2018, 06:37 AM   #3
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its cool, but what is the advantage of this over a sweeping second hand with a jumping minute hand? I would personally find a jumping second hand better than this (like geophysic true second) or something with a simply jumping minute hand and regular seconds. I don't see the value in watching the second hand sit at 12.
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Old 15 August 2018, 04:43 AM   #4
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The idea is that it replicates the way the clocks work at Swiss train stations. Very cool--especially if you have nastalgia for those clocks are the stations.

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Old 15 August 2018, 05:24 AM   #5
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The idea is that it replicates the way the clocks work at Swiss train stations. Very cool--especially if you have nastalgia for those clocks are the stations.
AND you are not likely to see another around. Very cool in My opinion.
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Old 15 August 2018, 10:48 AM   #6
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Love it. Unique. I need to check out its price if available.
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Old 15 August 2018, 05:49 PM   #7
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Wasn‘t that the unique piece made for Rene Beyer?
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Old 16 August 2018, 05:14 AM   #8
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Very nice watch and movement
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Old 16 August 2018, 05:26 AM   #9
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But, what happens to those seconds while the second-hand is stopped?

I'm confused.
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Old 16 August 2018, 05:41 AM   #10
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The secondhand takes 58 seconds for one round and then pauses for 2 seconds when the minutehand jumps forward.

You can see clocks like that on many Swiss Railwaystations
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Old 16 August 2018, 07:12 AM   #11
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The secondhand takes 58 seconds for one round and then pauses for 2 seconds when the minutehand jumps forward.

You can see clocks like that on many Swiss Railwaystations
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Old 16 August 2018, 07:36 AM   #12
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Old 16 August 2018, 08:26 AM   #13
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Old 16 August 2018, 10:13 AM   #14
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Only downside is I can’t count on the second hand to accurately time something.
Really cool nonetheless.
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Old 17 August 2018, 01:10 AM   #15
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The Mondaine watches are modeled after the clocks at Swiss railway stations. The reason for the 2 second stop was to synchronize the clocks throughout the thousands of stations in the country. In the 1940s, a system was designed whereby they would synchronize the clocks at the stations using signals that travelled over the telephone lines. Every minute, the clocks would synchronize and this 2 second delay was part of that process.
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Old 17 August 2018, 05:36 PM   #16
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really like mine. I actually like how the minute hand is always on a marker. Makes it easy to just read the time.



Don't think they're worth the original retail price, but seems like you can get them at a pretty good deal these days.
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Old 17 August 2018, 06:18 PM   #17
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Only downside is I can’t count on the second hand to accurately time something.
Really cool nonetheless.
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