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good thread - but a strange comparison
... and frankly I do not know.
Now if everything were optimized by a professional Regulateur today on the watchmaking scene . But those days are long gone and these, in their times, most highly paid persons in the industry have disappeared as well.
So what is left - thinking along and about theoretical time-keeping?
That the "idea" of accuracy and the "idea" of precision become just another marketing device. Whether they actually deliver that - is best left up to the company - and the community. If the customer is in some way disappointed, then he can be dealt with - or simply ignored. That's when the Community can step in.
Yes, I distrust the Moser curves, and even an early one from G&F. In the first case, I can't make head or tails out of their co-ordinates and how they came into being as well as understanding what the Phi sign seems to be saying - amplitude, degree or what?
As for the Tourbillon, it's main purpose seems to be that it looks splendid in action.
My preference would be a PP in a solid back.
Regards,
amerix
Straumann Double Hairspring vs Tourbillion
HI, Been stumped by this one for a while. Have been trying to figure out which is actually better both technically and/or practically. The Tourbillion is aesthetically and visually more appealing and most people like the way it looks (even though they don...
Not sure
Excellent question. Here's my extremely imperfect understanding. All corrections more than welcome (Jonh, Suitbert, you know who you are ). The "center of gravity" displaces in a normal balance even when the balance is horizontal, and I'm assuming this is...
Still stumped
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my opinion
I tend to agree with what you say but in most cases the watch is worn in many positions, the tourbillon made inherently for pocket watches was to be placed in a single upright position for most of the time. I say a Zenith Christophe Colomb with a gyroscop...
good thread - but a strange comparison
... and frankly I do not know. Now if everything were optimized by a professional Regulateur today on the watchmaking scene . But those days are long gone and these, in their times, most highly paid persons in the industry have disappeared as well. So wha...
Additional benefits of the tourbillon …
I always assumed that gravity also acted upon the pallet fork and escape wheel, and there was additional benefit to have these rotating with the tourbillon cage, at least in a watch held vertical in the plane of the balance. Andrew
AP on board as well ? Audemars Pigurt Millenary Minute Repeater Escapement
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