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clock facts with haiz!!!!!!! these are the innards of a very common breed of electrical watch:

as you can see it contains JÖRMUNGARDR the world serpent that coils itself around the world of men (very long) and THE TIMEKEEPING CRYSTAL. thanks to modern technology (google image search) we now know what the crystal looks like:

i must admit i always thought the crystal was going to be crystal shaped. yes yes the machine powering crystals we've all seen it in the saturday morning cartoons. instead it has turned out to be in the shape of a technomancer wizarding staff so i am NOT dissappointed. and of course as we all know the quartz is not actually what powers a clock it merely vibrates at a steady frequency when activated by an electrical current, in this case 32 768 Hz. perfect for keeping the time :)

#swedenquest #i actually find it very cool that electrical watches are these incredibly precise timekeeping devices that are affordable and accessible

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normal day at school

#the haiz face #happy halloween #swedenquest #we have norwegian flags to assert dominance

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i have nothing else to contribute to hourly comics day ahaha. this is going to be me for this entire month

"how small?" this small

#hourly comics day #sketch #swedenquest #im sorry if this looks incomprehensible it's very difficult to draw this comprehensibly

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we have a beand new polishing workshop at school, i've spent half the week making this thing So Very Shiny

#swedenquest #in the middle pic it's not even done yet #but it's hard to spot imperfections without loupe

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taking notes at clock school

-> wall clocks have a soul

-> you leave a piece of yourself in the clocks you service

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here are my pics from the highlight of this weekend: the vasa ship museum!

for those who don't know, vasa is an extremely well preserved warship from the 1600ds - it lay submerged for 333 years, but it had sunk so fast it hadn't even made it to salt water, where the worms would've gotten to it. it is a fantastically ostentatious spectacle, the perfect folly of kings. the reason it sank is because they made the ballast deck too small (because the king wanted two gun decks) and the wind simply. tipped it over. it's SO funny.

bonus:

TREE LAW

#swedenquest #vasa #the masts were not intact but the masts are actually taller than the depths it sank to #imagine the mast just sticking out of the water. peak comedy #50 people died unfortunately :(

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today we had a guest lecturer at our school tell us about the early history of wrist watches, which was very cool.

of course, what i find very interesting is the Gender Drift - the first wrist watches were more like jewelry, like bracelets, and worn by women. which makes sense, since they were presumably less likely to wear a waistcoat to keep a pocket watch in. many early wristwatches were actually just pocket watches in leather straps, worn by hunters, soldiers, and expedition crewmembers. as it turns out, having a watch easily available on your wrist is VERY useful, use and technology for it made bounds and leaps during WW1 - and because soldiers fighting in war are such brave manly men, the perception of wrist watches shifted to acceptable masculinity. it's interesting to me because NOW watches are like, THE Manly Status Symbol Jewelry Piece.

the reason i'm telling you all this is because i manages to hunt down my favourite vintage newspaper clipping from the lecture powerpoint. let me present to you: WRISTWATCH CHAD

(because of this i have now looked up Dude Etymology. apparently it used to be a synonym for a Fop or a Dandy, an Extremely Well-dressed Man)

#swedenquest #this cartoon is like. incompressible without the context #and it's depressing that the punchline is 'welp we can't beat up this guy for being fruity' #but the whole. wristwatch chad and the virgin fashion haters vibes of it all. amuses me to no end

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my friends gifted me a little vintage clock for me to pick apart so i did just that >:) unfortunately i have to focus on another upcoming exam, so putting it back together will happen at a later time. TO BE CONTINUED

#swedenquest #let's hope ill be able to put it back together at all but that's why i took pics #we had a test exam yesterday and i wanted to give my brain a little break from the repetition But Alas #i did really well on the test exam though! even though i seemed to be beset by curses through the process #the cyst on my wrist: TODAY I SHALL ACHE AND BE TROUBLESOME #the things that have been effortless for weeks: TODAY WE SHALL BE STRANGE AND DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH #the mainspring: GO SPJOING IN MY FACE #just one of those days. but i perservered

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mainspring graveyard (2024)

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i'm currently doing a practice placement at a really fancy, recently renovated watchmaker workshop! it's got a big window view over the royal residence for when any royals are in town - and as fate would have it, some of them are :') several of the watchmakers keep window watching to see what activity is happening out there. enrichment

#swedenquest #(norway edition)

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i'm trying to fix a very cheap pocket watch (i got it for the equivalent of 4 dollars as a teen) that was not made to last or be serviced. it is going: badly

#swedenquest #WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT #im so annoyed. i made the mistake of opening up the spring barrel #the spring didn't need replacing but i couldn't put it back in #so i got a new mainspring. but it doesn't DESERVE a new mainspring!!!!!!!!!! #i got this watch from some flyer that came with a science magazine my parents subscribed to #it was like 'JOIN POCKET WATCH CLUB.... GET THIS FANCY WATCH FOR ONLY 39 KRONER...' #and i was mesmerized. i had to have it. presumably i convinced my parents to get it for me #and it looks very cool but it's so cheaply made haha #i don't even think it's been lubricated #the face was glued to it. I'll have to glue it back on #anyway ive satisfied my curiosity at least

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me: hehe got some cool old watches from czechoslovakia and the ussr to practice on

me when i lose or break parts for obscure slavic brands the school doesn't keep stock for:

#swedenquest #i chose this life #in the process of trying to find the click spring i lost yesterday ive found two other click springs for different calibres

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a family friend trusted me with her grandfather's pocket watch so i could practice repairs at school...!

#swedenquest #I HOPE IT WORKS BETTER NOW #it worked but only a couple hours at a time #so ive changed the mainspring and the click spring #it was full of gunk so it's a lot cleaner now #and of course new glass #and new light mass on the hands #i really enjoyed this...!!!!!! #i found a lil inscription that it was serviced in 1939...

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did the big balance staff making exam yesterday...! i'm feeling pretty optimistic about how it went, but we'll see! here are the pieces i made for practice (+ one legit balance staff we were given as example, but i cannot be bothered to single it out), and also size comparison to the winding stems we did last year :D

#swedenquest #it was an intense day yesterday and im flat now #the reason i say optimistic is that i broke off one of the pivots but i hope the rest is good enough to tide me over #these are so small. truly clock parts can be very small #and apologies for the horrible closeup of my nails. i wanted to give a size comparison reference #seeing my own nails through loupes is not helping with the compulsions to pick at them and the skin

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if i had a nickel for every heavyweight, sturdy and embroidered No Expenses Spared fancy totebag that's been gifted to me by a watch-related company visiting our school and handing out goodie bags, i would have two nickels. i don't have any nickels though. only totebags

#swedenquest #ironically the totebags i use the most are the cheapest thinnest ones i got bc they can live in the crevices of my backpack #and i worry less about damages etc #also the handle length on the Fancy Totes is a bit weird #little too short to be comfortably on the shoulder. little too long for me to carry in my hand without scraping the ground #idk why im blogging about totebags. #there's just something about. ah yes you've heard of goodie bags full of cheap stuff in mass produced totes #now get ready for FANCY GOODIE BAG. even the obligatory ball point pen has some Heft to it #the one we got today came with an absolute tome of a coffee table book. you Need a heavy duty tote to carry it #the first totebag giver was a luxury watch company from germany so that checks out #and this is a well established watch shop so. yea....

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working on an old czechoslovakian watch! feeling so connected to my heritage rn

#swedenquest #asked family friends for watches i could practice on