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"Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> wrote in message 
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> My father gave me his gold watch, a 25 year old Omega analogue quartz.
> It had been lying idle in his drawer with the time-setting pin
> disengaged. After re-engaging the pin, the hands began advancing at 4
> times the normal rate. After 1 hour it has gained 3 hours. I assume
> the crystal is oscillating at a higher overtone, maybe due to a weak
> battery.
>
> In any case I now have a watch to match the reverse Dick Smith wall
> clock above my desk. Maybe I should start collecting misbehaving
> timepieces.

**When I was at tech (well, at the Department of Civil Aviation Training 
School, more correctly), a couple of guys decided that some of the electric 
(synchronous motor type) clocks required their special attention. They 
carefully stripped the clocks apart, removed the motors, then removed the 
reverse prevention thingys, reassembled the whole thing with a clock face, 
carefully printed in reverse.

It was kinda nice watching the hands of the clock moving backwards.


-- 
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au