Which error arises from mechanical shock events experienced by marine chronometers during 18th-century sea voyages?

💡 Explanation

When a chronometer experiences mechanical shocks, cumulative errors arise because the balance spring undergoes microscopic plastic deformation, altering its elasticity which affects timing. Therefore cumulative error results, rather than other errors due to lubrication breakdown, positional influence, or complete failure, which require different triggers.

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