Which consequence resulted from imperfect lubrication in early chronometers?

💡 Explanation

Small lubrication imperfections lead to the mechanism of frictional drift introducing cumulative timing inaccuracies because the oil's viscosity changed with temperature and contaminants, therefore a small rate error steadily grew, rather than being consistent or balanced.

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