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Default Sankyo Digi-Glo clock from 1970s

Operating on battery overnight , so now just fine timing adjustment.
Strange being in a room with a ticking clock. A third/fourth function of
that double cam system, if the battery runs down then the drive to the
escapement is delatched, so the turns on the mainspring are not run
down. Insert a new battery and the motor spins up to recharge the
spring, 1/6 turn and the escapement is reengaged.
Microprocessor designers have it easy these days .
The wonky digits are so that you get a large room display without
requiring large display rings and so large clock.