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PatriciaH | 16:13 Mon 17th Sep 2007 | How it Works
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Do they have a "silent tick" ?
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Usually clocks or watches only tick if they have a second hand. However even if they don't you may be able to hear movement from the back as the cogs go around.
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Not really. If you listen very very carefully, you might hear the electronic oscillator (the quartz bit) making its time signal, a gentle rhythmic noise. Given the frequency levels of the vibration though, you would have to have exceptionally good hearing.
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And contrary to most peoples' opinions, the alarms don't go 'off': they go 'on'; that's why you can hear them!
If you can't hear it then it must be silent. Unless , like me you are deaf, in which case all clocks have a silent tick.
Mine has a very quiet tick - usually inaudible but if it's a very quiet night I can sometime hear it.

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