如今,人们走进北京故宫博物院的钟表馆,无不为那些造型各异,精巧绝伦的各国机械钟表拍手叫绝。这些曾博得大清王朝“老佛爷”们一笑的舶来品,既显示了外国机械钟表工匠们的精湛技艺,也证明了机械钟表工业已辉煌了几百年的岁月。到目前为止,一些优良的传统机械钟表,仍占有一定市场,为不少消费者所钟爱。 但是,钟表工业也像其它领域的科学技术一样是在不断前进的。机械钟表,由于结 Nowadays, people walk into the clock museum of the Palace Museum in Beijing, clapping for all kinds of mechanical clocks of various shapes and exquisiteness. These exotic products, which once won the laughter of the Daqing dynasty’s “Old Buddha”, not only show the superb craftsmanship of foreign mechanical watchmakers, but also prove that the mechanical watch industry has been glorious for hundreds of years. So far, some fine traditional mechanical watches still occupy a certain market and are loved by many consumers. However, the watch industry is also advancing like other areas of science and technology. Mechanical clocks due to knots