[Elspode]

I think it is an awesome pursuit. I'm something of a time (not necessarily clock, but *time*) fanatic. Therefore, I have an inherent interest in timekeeping devices.

Mechanical watches are incredible, almost unbelievable examples of human ingenuity. It is no wonder that the standard Christian ipso-facto example of intelligent design for the universe is the old saw that "if you put the pieces of a watch into a box and shook it, no matter how long you shook it, you'd never end up with a working watch."

Of course, no one has actually tried shaking a box for four billion years, now, have they?