{"id":1357,"date":"2025-05-29T17:55:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T17:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/audaciouscat.com\/rabbit\/?p=1357"},"modified":"2025-05-29T18:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T18:02:09","slug":"watch-basics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/audaciouscat.com\/rabbit\/watch-basics\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Captain Convey watch comment.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watches are time machines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A watch &#8220;hack&#8221; stops the watch movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Time stops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pocket watches are what I am currently interested in and learning about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" class=\"wp-image-1358\" style=\"width: 550px;\" src=\"https:\/\/audaciouscat.com\/rabbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pocketwatch.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/audaciouscat.com\/rabbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pocketwatch.png 999w, https:\/\/audaciouscat.com\/rabbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pocketwatch-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/audaciouscat.com\/rabbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pocketwatch-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/audaciouscat.com\/rabbit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pocketwatch-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are the primary visible components of any pocket watch:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bow serves as a necessary attachment point.<br>The crown has the dual function of winding and setting.<br>The pendant houses the winding stem and sleeve.<br>The case holds the movement &#8211; the guts of the watch.<br>The bezel holds the glass crystal, which protects the dial.<br>The numerals are displayed on the dial, not the face.<br>The time indicators are the hands, not the arms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/americantimekeeper.com\/basics\">https:\/\/americantimekeeper.com\/basics<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to learn about Watchmaking this is a great website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watchmaking is 50% knowledge and 50% of actually working on watches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At first I just wanted to know about watches, especially pocket watches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now I am leaning toward getting into watchmaking as a hobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>__________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/watchmakingtools.com\/watchmaking-as-a-hobby\/\">https:\/\/watchmakingtools.com\/watchmaking-as-a-hobby\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Captain Convey watch comment. Watches are time machines. A watch &#8220;hack&#8221; stops the watch movement. Time stops. Pocket watches are what I am currently interested in and learning about. These are the primary visible components of any pocket watch: The bow serves as a necessary attachment point.The crown has the dual function of winding and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[136,132,142],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antique-pocket-watches","category-chronometer-investigation-inc","category-watch-basics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/audaciouscat.com\/rabbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/audaciouscat.com\/rabbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/audaciouscat.com\/rabbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/audaciouscat.com\/rabbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/audaciouscat.com\/rabbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1357"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/audaciouscat.com\/rabbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1360,"href":"https:\/\/audaciouscat.com\/rabbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357\/revisions\/1360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/audaciouscat.com\/rabbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/audaciouscat.com\/rabbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/audaciouscat.com\/rabbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}