Without a doubt, a mechanical watch with an embedded atomic clock for error correction was extremely valuable.
Not only could it be used as a representative of high-end products, but it could also be used as a reference for the industrial development of country Z.
It also had a very high practical value.
For example, it could be used as an astronaut's watch to provide accurate time data.
Adventurers who liked to participate in outdoor activities did not have to worry about not knowing the exact time, even if there was no signal on their phone or if there was no battery.
For example, in the case of getting lost, this kind of watch could divide the time by two in an environment with sunlight, and then point the resulting number to the sun. Then, the 12 o 'clock on the watch would point to the north. This method could be used to determine the direction.
If the time displayed on your watch was accurate enough, you could even calculate your latitude and longitude using some special methods and formulas. This was the principle of the GPS navigation in country M and the Big Dipper navigation in country Z.
In short, as long as an accurate time was provided, you could calculate a lot of valuable information.
How could you say that this kind of mechanical watch with great practical value was just a meaningless product for decoration and pretentiousness?
So, as expected, most of the hundreds of mechanical watches piled up together with the gold, silver, and jewelry at the huge crater campsite on planet Haierfa were high-precision watches with embedded atomic clocks.
"Luckily, only one of these mechanical watches ended up in … No!"
Chen Jin's expression suddenly changed.
It's over!
There seemed to be more than one.
Other than the one he gave to his dad as a gift, there seemed to be seven or eight gold-plated watches that were sold to jewelry recycling stores or pawnshops.
There was also a mechanical watch with a sapphire the size of a pigeon's egg. It was sold to Sotheby's Auction House for more than three million dollars.
What should I do?
What should I do with these mechanical watches that might also be problematic?
"I have to think of a way to get those watches back!"
Chen Jin could not sit still. His forehead was full of cold sweat.
He could not imagine what would happen if someone found something wrong with those watches and started an investigation. Finally, based on the clues, they would be able to lock onto him. He did not dare to think about it anymore.
"No matter what price I have to pay, I must get those watches back!"
So, early the next morning, Chen Jin drove out early and searched around Shang Hai City according to the impression he had left in his mind.
Gold and silver shops, jewelry stores, pawnshops …
Two months ago, he went to these institutions. As long as he had a memory of them, he would go in and ask.
"Boss, two months ago, I sold a watch here. Do you still have it?"
"Boss, I sold you a watch before. Now I want to redeem it. That watch is very important to me."
"Boss, do you still remember me? Two months ago, I was a pawn here …"
For three consecutive days, Chen Jin was burning with anxiety. He visited more than a hundred shops, whether he had an impression of them or not.
But even so, he only got back three of those watches.
Moreover, he had spent more than 500,000 yuan, which was nearly ten times the price.
As for the remaining three or four watches, some of the owners indicated that they had sold them to customers, and some indicated that they had "disposed" of them … There was basically no possibility of getting them back.
When he handed over the sapphire watch to Sotheby's, they said that according to the contract, since the item had already been auctioned, they could not go back on their word. They also refused to divulge the buyer's personal information.
The few "hidden dangers" that had been circulating outside made him restless and anxious.
To alleviate his anxiety, he did a "process of elimination" to determine if all the gold-plated and diamond-plated mechanical watches that had been circulating had atomic clocks embedded in them.
It was important to know that the users who inlaid and bought watches with gold and diamonds were not after the watch's practical value. Their main purpose might be to "show off."
And it was entirely possible that inlaying diamonds and gems on the watches would take up precious space on the watch face, making it impossible to insert atomic clocks.
Chen Jin brought the three mechanical watches that he had recovered to the campsite. He called the robot Da Bao over and had it use the high-temperature laser to forcefully open the three watches.
Just as he had expected!
Due to the limited internal space, the first mechanical watch did not have an atomic clock embedded inside. It was just a conventional mechanical mechanism.
The second and third watches were the same. They did not have atomic clocks embedded inside.
Chen Jin finally breathed a sigh of relief!
"I knew it. These watches are inlaid with so much gold and diamonds. Where would they have the space to put atomic clocks inside? I must have been worrying too much! "
But nothing was absolute. Chen Jin did not dare to make a 100% guarantee. None of the mechanical watches he sold had atomic clocks embedded in them.
He continued with the process of elimination. From the pile of treasures, he filtered out all the gold-plated and diamond-plated mechanical watches.
There were a total of 286 watches.
Then, he used the laser to heat them up and dismantle them to examine their internal structures.
Finally, he confirmed that 268 of them had conventional structures and 18 of them had atomic clocks embedded inside.
The probability of these watches being high-precision mechanical atomic clocks was … 3%.
This probability was multiplied by the 9 watches that he had sold. The total number of atomic clocks that had been circulating was — 56.
In other words, other than the atomic clock that he had given to his dad, there might be another 56 atomic clocks circulating in society.
Theoretically speaking, the number of people who used high-precision atomic clocks could only increase by one.
The probability of accidental exposure was still quite small.
It was not particularly scary.
"Besides, most of the people who bought these watches were rich people. They were not engineers like my dad. They would not be particularly concerned about the accuracy of the time or the size of the error. They would only buy these watches to show off. They might not even find out that something was wrong."
Even if they did find out that something was wrong, it would be very difficult for them to find Chen Jin, who did not leave any personal information behind.
So … the probability of an accident should be one in ten thousand.
Basically, nothing happened.
Therefore, Chen Jin's wishful thinking that such a low probability event would not happen made him give up on continuing his search.
After all, it was too troublesome and tiring! It was already quite good that he could persist for three days.
He did not want to invest 100% of his energy and time for something that had a low probability of one in ten thousand. It would not be worth it.
He needed to deal with the matters at the jewelry store.
At the huge crater camp, the robots had recently transported a large amount of equipment and raw materials. He had to start making arrangements for the next step, such as completely solving the power shortage problem at the camp.
Even if something really did happen, he could only deal with it as it came and try his best to deceive it.
…
That night, at the dining table.
When Chen Jin announced that he was giving up on searching for the stall owner.
"Son, you've been looking for him for three or four days. You've been going out early and coming back late every day. You've lost a lot of weight. Stop looking! You've tried your best. Besides, you have your own career. How can you be busy with this all day? "
She put a lot of food into Chen Jin's bowl.
"Okay."
Chen Gang could not say anything else. He had seen his son's efforts over the past few days. He had indeed tried his best, running all over Shang Hai City. It was not his fault that he could not find the stall owner. It was just bad luck.
It was completely understandable that he was tired and said that he would not look for him.
Chen Jin nodded calmly. He thought to himself, Dad is still easier to fool.
Thus, the search for the stall owner slowly came to an end.
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