toward it, thinking Kaat something funny is going op?
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In this casg, we can easily provide a reasonable explanation
for this apparently weird happening. It's probably less true of
digital watches, but
(in the days) (when watches had
<imply picking up a stopped watch could sometimes restart it
9)
as the sudden movement started the balance wheel. This can
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happen more easily (if the watch is warmed up) and the heat
a person's hand can be enough to do that.
happen often,but it doesn't have to(when you have 10,000
It doesn't
people, lall
over the countryl picking up their stopped watches
and then clutching them (n warm hand
handg Only one of the 10,000 0
watches has to start in order for the owner to phone in the news
in great excitement and impress the entire television audience.
We never hear about the 9,999 watches that didn't restart.
