The much more watchable edited summary of this livestream is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4K1QMTNw8A .
For the hard core followers, here are the key moments of this full livestream:
0:00 Start
15:41 Tour of the clock panels and buttons
38:15 Opening it up
1:52:20 Repairing the chronometer control button
2:35:55 Beeping out the electrical connections
3:44:06 Fixing the chronometer actuation contact problem
4:00:10 Lunch break - nothing to see!
5:04:00 Soldering an adapter
5:13:48 Hook up to the test setup
5:42:50 It finally ticks for the first time!
6:25:57 Trying the chronometer control solenoid for the first time
6:28:07 It works!
We've got another Soyuz clock, this time from Steve Jurvetson’s collection. This one is older than my digital one which we already restored, and it’s entirely electro-mechanical. Join us on Livestream as we open it up, try to figure out it works, and see if we can get it going again.
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