www.majestykwatch.com wrote:No I rarely have to adjust them, which is what I stated in my post. I run all my watches over my timers to see how much the lose or gain. Putting a watch on a timer doesn't mean your adjusting it.
The only thing the "bar style" QC's, on many of the NSC's, have in common with the Hughes are they are rectagular in shape. :) This is very fortunate, otherwise, I would be replacing as many Hughes as I have been replacing NSC's and NSC's are much easier to replace, thank goodness.
Jeff: "Bar style" has to do with the internal construction - nothing to do with the exterior. Those little round can's are tuning fork design inside. Statek originated that construction and would actually tune them with a laser thru the glass top...you and I have discussed working on Litronix modules, Jeff, so I know you've seen their glass topped crystals. Hughes switched over to that
internal design and speed eventually - they swtched the Dual LED/LCD module over to a two lead, 32,768 in January of 1978. Their early crystals were very heavy and expensive to make; it is fortunate that they were a good run.
Actually, your post said "the result of" - which sounds like the calibrators were put to use. Maybe you mispoke and meant, "checked on".
~Ed
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