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In spring wound clocks, the ticking is the sound of a ratchet alternately catching and releasing a gear that both unwinds the spring and causes the hands to move.
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∙ 9y agoThe tick tock sound often associated with clocks is from the gears and pendulums used in older clocks. They made the hands move which made a faint tick tock rhythmic sound.
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