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Old 30th Sep 2018, 10:47 pm   #94
Phil G4SPZ
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Default Re: BBC TV: The Repair Shop

I suppose this is what happens when technical matters are covered in a programme aimed fairly and squarely at a mass (i.e. 'non-technical') audience. Words like 'mechanism' and 'cogs' are readily understood by virtually everyone above primary school age, whereas 'movement' and 'wheels' are words that have particular meanings in horology but could mean something quite different to the layman. The fact that only horologists call larger gears "wheels" and they have "teeth", yet they call smaller gears "pinions" and they have "leaves", just invites confusion!
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