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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Clocks were invented before electricity. If an EMP took out all the electronics, a mechanical clock is still the best way to measure longitude at sea

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If an emp took out all the electronics, the need to measure longitude at sea would not make my top ten concerns.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

But I bet it would be in someone's top ten concerns

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

While true, most clocks are quarts oscillators These days so would die also. That said, love me a mechanical clock and have a skeleton watch I daily drive.