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The other day one of my colleagues surprised me during dinner claiming to have met an Austrian watch maker. While I immediately assumed it meant an encounter with the Habrings, this turned out not to have been the case. Instead she was speaking of Montre Exacte and their new Vierteluhr (from Waldvie
But not sure if this is close to the final product or just something to show how the movement should operate. As said, curious to find out more
NB - my post came up scrambled on the site. the correct answer is below.
Agree fully with you on the relative merits of the two.
than a central seconds hand being used as a 90 degree retrograde, and a sub-dial that requires mathematics, all in order to convey what time it is. Isn't that the point of a simple 3-hander? Hours, minutes, seconds bang, job done!
Telling time by the second is not a real concern - a quarter minute is adequate And the retrograde seconds hand tells you it\'s running
1st: Have read the operational description... …and arrived at a clear, concise conclusion – it’s the daftest idea I’ve probably ever come across for a mechanical watch! Here’s the deal…the central seconds hand doesn’t move round the dial in the conventional manner. Instead of a complete 360º revolution each minute, it moves only 90º – from 12 to 3. Each time it does that, the sub-dial also jumps from 12-3, 3-6, 6-9, and 9-12. So, in order to tell the time, to the second, you need to look
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