For anyone who doesn’t know, a clock movement is the mechanism that causes the hands of an analog clock to move around the clock face. The “with pendulum” part means that it also swings a weight back and forth to act as a fancy second hand:
Now, there exist clock movements that are “smart” and are network enabled to adjust the time automatically. I’m also okay with an atomic movement. The idea is to adjust the clock twice a year for DST. However, I am having a difficult time (no pun intended) finding a smart/atomic movement that also supports a decorative pendulum.
I was hoping to enlist y’all’s help to see if one exists and where I might find it.
Edit: add comments about atomic clock movements.
I used to think this too. Now I have a programmable porch light that adjusts the time on the wrong week, because it does change. Not too big a deal for a porch light, but would be if I had to rely on the time. This really needs to be something that gets updated
While I appreciate that time zones change including dst… Your porch light shouldn’t care about dst, it should probably just care about actual light levels
Actual light levels don’t really work either because then you’re leaving the light on all night. We have light sensors, we have schedules …… when I get around to replacing it, I want one like I’ve seen for decorative lights. A combination. Turn on when it gets dark enough and stay on for x hours. That way you only set how long to stay on and the specific time or time zone is irrelevant