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A recovered pocket watch from an unknown passenger of the Titanic, that had stopped at the approximate time that the ship sank on April 15 ,1912 at 02:20 (lemmy.world)
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[–] nonearther@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

To be pedantic, but it looks like it was 02:28

[–] Empyreus@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Something I've never thought about, but why does watcher stop a fully mechanical lens from working? I get over time it would corrode things, but why would would stop extremely quick?

[–] EquesInferi@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Not a smart guy, but salt water could short-circuit the batteries and effectively fry the electrical aspect of the watch. Again, not a smart guy, I don't even know if watches used batteries back then