: As the old joke goes, here is something incredibly amazing and
: rare, something we could never have dreamed of seeing, and the
: other is some squiggles on a page.

: I know it it is not exactly and OtD topic but I found the
: observation of gravitational waves (the graphs behind the watch)
: and incredibly exciting and amazing discovery. It is true it
: only confirms what Einstein predicted around 100 years ago but
: it was not clear, whatever the validity of the theory, that we
: would ever detect gravitational waves. But to get such a precise
: and unambiguous signal is just amazing. I would claim that it is
: slightly on topic as a critical aspect of the experiment is the
: time difference between the signal in Washington and the signal
: in Lousiana, which matches the length of time for light to
: travel from Washington to Lousiana. Might be a bit tricky to
: time it with a Heuer tachymetre equipped watch though...

: The watch is pretty nice as well, perhaps not quite as rare. Or is
: it? I think the gravitational wave experiments believe they will
: see three to four events a year, which is about as often as we
: see this model sold!

: The watch is just back from Jasper and ClassicHeuer who did a great
: job getting it back into top condition.

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