Steve Mould on MSN
How a quartz watch works - its heart beats 32,768 times a second
Quartz watches have a tiny crystal tuning fork inside that vibrates at 2^15 Hz and there's a really clever reason for that.
You might have one on your wrist or your bedside table. There is one in your cell phone and your GPS receiver. Every laptop and desktop computer has one, and there could be more than one in your car.
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