Just received some new pictures of the Model 1 from Hong Kong!
Month: July 2012
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A colleague asked me whether the trailing effect you see on the seconds hand was a photography trick, or something actually visible to the human eye.
Trailing effect Yes, the trailing effect is real, and it’s thanks to a characteristic of the CRT’s phosphor screen called persistence.
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I personally delivered the StokesScope Model 1 clock in late 2010. The excitement! The fervour! We were so giddy we had to take a break in the middle.
All went well except for 1 major mishap, which I will share in a future post. Subscribe so you don’t miss the gory details and lessons learned.
To be ‘green’ I re-used an old printer box 
Unwrapping the control unit 
Ooos and ahhhs 
Sleek anodized aluminium knob gives great contrast 
Time for a break! (No, it’s not Hong Kong yet) 
Not as delicate as it looks 
CRT all set up… 
Let’s plug it in 
… with military spec connectors 
Let the GPS settle in, and .. Voila! 
A year later… after a move… and Midnight in Hong Kong
