Mitch K
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2019 (did I really just write that? Where does the time go?) reflections on where we've been and where we are going in the watch world.
Jan 01, 2019,15:21 PM
I just finished reading about Harrison's marine watches and the significance of his H4. The H4 was such an advance in horology that it did change watchmaking for all time. I reflected on my visit to the Patek Phillipe Museum several years ago. When I visited the museum, amongst other things, I was struck by the concept that so much of what we are seeing in the modern day watches has been done before albeit in pocket watches.
So, I was wondering what watch revolutionary advances have we seen in recent years that had never been done before?
Here are several thoughts that I have had:
There has been a lot of advance in the material science applied to watches - for instance Slicium - first used commercially in the Freak and now included in so many different watches in different brands.
Daniels' co-axial is clear but that was more than 20 years ago.
Prescher's triple axis tourbillion
Tag Mikrotimer and Mikrogirder - ability to measure time in 1000th and 2000th increments
Interested in other thoughts.