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What is it? I can only see a broken page with “ Klockit.com is currently unavailable in most European countries.” (why can’t we even look at it? Looks like GDPR fear)

The ultra-quiet Quartex® Continuous Sweep Mini Clock Movement is a quartz clock movement that moves the second hand in a smooth, continuous motion. This continuous motion eliminates the ticking sound traditional clock motors make.

Try this: https://archive.is/Rpgjm

Those are almost the exact same thing - Lavet stepper clock movements. The difference is that they're geared for the coil to be driven at 8 Hz instead of 1 Hz. That gives them the appearance of being smoother. Of course, the battery will be used up 8 times as fast (though they last a long time already).

You have very limited opportunities to "crazy up" those style of movements, as the coil can only be stepped so quickly.

Anyone know how the battery life compares to a ticking clock movement?