Re: [Leica] mechanical watches

["Tom Schofield" <tdschofield@email.msn.com>]

If they could patent the first successful perpetual motion machine they
could have unlimited R& D budgets so no one would claim they were being
cheated when someone has fun with an historical re-issue!  Now, you
physicists out there, which law of thermodynamics comes into play?

Tom

> >Maybe not shake, but the advance mechanism could drive a small dynamo to
> >charge the small cells. (a bit like the wind up radio)
>
> Cool idea.
>
> And if you were using a motor, the motor action could even drive a
> generator to recharge its own batteries...
>
> Now where'd I put the number for the patent office?
>
> Paul