Re: How does the new kinetic watches work?

Date: Sat Sep 4 09:57:43 1999
Posted By: Avra Brahma, Grad student, AE/ME
Area of science: Engineering
ID: 933713156.Eg

Message:


I think you gave the answer with the question itself. These watches 
utilize the motion of the wearer's arm. This motion is used to store energy 
in the rotation of a flywheel or a coiled spring, which drives a micromotor 
that drives the watch mechanism.It need not drive a motor, in which case the 
mechanical energy is used to drive the mechanism directly via conventional 
catchment techniques.

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