Astro skeleton, Demo sunrise/moonrise-set module dials removed @MarkFrankclocks

Astro skeleton, Demo sunrise/moonrise-set module dials removed @MarkFrankclocks

Uploaded November 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

The sunrise/moonrise-set module is mechanically complete. Here we demonstrate the module with both dials for this module as well as the tellurian module below to give the viewer the full compliment of the complex wheel works beneath.

Astro skeleton, Demo sunrise/moonrise-set module dials removed

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Astro skeleton, Demo sunrise/moonrise-set module dials removed