Self Setting Clock Sets Itself

This is the stuff blockbuster videos are made of, right here!

It has excitement, since there are batteries/electricity involved, suspense as I wondered whether or not the camcorder's nearly dead battery would hold out, and a happy ending when the correct time is realized (and the camcorder did, in fact, get through it).

You may also be able to establish a sense of mystery, as you wonder what I and others are doing as seen through the reflection on the clock!

It will also be interesting to see how long this clock runs from the batteries I put in. An ordinary clock can run for a year or more on an "AA" battery. This one might manage a bit less from the same battery, since it has a radio receiver circuit and the ability to operate the clock hands at a much greater rate than normal to set itself (which seems to happen every few days).

The web page in question doesn't load for me now. Luckily, we have the lovely Internet Archive to help out in such difficult situations!

http://web.archive.org/web/2005031709...