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[–] b000rg@midwest.social 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Apparently similarly mechanically powered displays involving cams to actuate number segments were pretty popular back in the day. Here's a YouTube video I came across one day a while back about one: https://youtu.be/TANe2d0VTGQ?si=unBJmfzs6A_7PWkM

[–] ryo@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 6 months ago

I got irrationally angry that the first digit in the clock could only be 1 or nothing until I saw the actual mechanism and realized that they did that to probably save on material.