# \#horology

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## [John Harrison and the Development of the Marine Chronometer](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/john-harrison-and-the-development-of-the-marine-chronometer/3284)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [8 June 2023 17:51 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/john-harrison-and-the-development-of-the-marine-chronometer/3284 "2023-06-08T17:51:48Z")

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Several places in the video, the narrator gives the name of the inventor of the marine chronometer as “George Harrison”, not John Harrison—“While my chronometer gently weeps”. For the complete and tangled …

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## [Thinnest Watch](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/thinnest-watch/1529)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [10 October 2022 01:51 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/thinnest-watch/1529 "2022-10-10T01:51:46Z")

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The Bulgari Octo Finissimo Ultra is the world’s thinnest mechanical watch at just 1,8 milimetres. The manufacturer describes it as follows. With an astonishing total thickness of 1.80 mm, the Octo Finiss…