The clockwork is an exciting journey to the kingdom of Chronos

The importance in our life of such a complex and subtledevices, as a clockwork, it is difficult to overestimate. Not always distances are measured in meters and kilometers. Sometimes people are divided even hours, minutes or seconds, which peacefully "flow" on our walls, tables and hands under the uniform, lulling tick of such a genius invention of mankind as the clockwork.

We sometimes nervously believe the minutes left tolong-awaited meeting with loved ones, hours to the end of a busy day, we count days, weeks and months before the start of desired vacation. Standing in the immense traffic jam or in a long queue, we gaze convulsively at the dial, mercilessly and impartially marking the amount of lost time ...

And sometimes we with a sinking heart trackinexorably melting minutes and seconds before the final whistle of the match of the favorite team, in which the desired result remained unreached. How do you want to stop the time! And how we long for Chronos to hear our silent pleas and give his beloved team another chance.

The whole life of a person, by and large, passesunder the measured ticking in something of a mystical device, whose name is the "clockwork". Our whole life consists in the constant shadowing of time and the eternal pursuit of him. That is why the clockwork, dressed in an elegant body, is not only a stylish accessory or an item of exquisite interior, but also an essential element of our life.

A typical mechanical watch consists of about a hundredthirty parts, and more complex examples of watchmaking can number up to several hundred. The clock mechanism consists of the following main components:

• The engine, which is a winding spring, which accumulates potential energy.
• The system of gears (cogwheels), whichperforms the function of transferring energy from the spring motor to the balance regulator. These gears also perform a vibration count, converting them into arrows (those seconds and minutes).
• A balance regulator that performs oscillatory movements of strict periodicity, the same counting time.
• Arrow mechanism that performs the adjustment of the hands of the clock.

As an engine (energy source), bothwas said above, a spiral spring enclosed in a special drum with serrated edges is used. It is she who ensures the work of the whole watch movement. When the clock is set, the spring contracts, acquiring a bending moment (potential energy). When the spring is slowly unbent, its energy is converted into the torque of the cylindrical drum. And already his movement drives the system of gears.

The only drawback of such a deviceis the unevenness of the bending moment of the drum, which is eventually delivered to the balance element, which causes an error in the time count. The maximum potential energy has a fully wound spring, and the least - already untwisted. Because of this, there is an error in the oscillations of the balance bar. The difference in ten diurnal variations gives a deviation from the exact time of about two seconds. Therefore, mechanical watches need periodic adjustment.

Especially in fine tuning and constant attentionNeed clockwork for wall clocks. Since large parts of this mechanism require regular cleaning and lubrication. Only in this case they will always remain not only a stylish part of the interior, but also a high-precision chronometer.