机械计时器的进展促使大部分人寻求更精确的日晷，以便校准机械计时器。

The development of mechanical timepieces spurred the search for abundance accurate sundials with which to regulate them.

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这标志着他们的第一运动在复杂制表工艺是应遵循的一系列的机械计时和显示的新概念。

It marks their first exercise in complex watchmaking that are to be followed by a series of new concepts in mechanical timekeeping and display.

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例如，Long Now 基金会有一个作为旗舰项目的机械钟，它的设计目的是几千年后仍在计时。

For example, the Long Now Foundation has as its flagship project a mechanical clock that is designed to still be marking time thousands of years hence.

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