> > > I can remember when you could quiet a restless baby by holding a watch up to his ear. It doesn't work anymore. I think we may have a new generation who won't know the sound of a ticking clock or a rotary dial phone.
> >
> > Here's an odd thing, Howard. My watch ticks, even though it's a quartz watch. Why?
>
> It's not the quartz that ticks, it's the movement. If you see the second hand jerking forward every second (or quarter second), that's the noise you hear.
>
> Okay, technically the quartz does tick, but you'd never hear it at 32 kHz.
>
> ^v^:)^v^
> FB

I'm glad you answered that question. I was stumped.
Howard