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Adjusted to 6 positions
Can anyone shed light on why some of the best movements in the industry so prominently tout that they have been adjusted to 6 positions? I understand that 6 adjustments is better than 5 positions, but is this such a significant difference to explain its prominent display on the movement, rather than in just the manufacturer’s literature? I’m not really even sure why the number of jewels is typically displayed, but at least there is more variation with that number. It doesn’t bother me, but I’m genuinely curious. (Photo from Laurent Ferrier website.)
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Adjusted to 6 positions
Can anyone shed light on why some of the best movements in the industry so prominently tout that they have been adjusted to 6 positions? I understand that 6 adjustments is better than 5 positions, but is this such a significant difference to explain its p...
I personally like to know in how may position a watch is adjusted but that being said, sometime 6 position adjustment does not necessarily mean it will be more accurate than a 5 position adjustment...
I have owned some 6 position watch with very average rate while i have some 5 position adjusted watch with almost zero deviation!
Interesting
Thanks for your perspective. So if 6 isn’t necessarily better than 5, I remain curious why a manufacturer would prominently display the adjustment number on the back of the movement, where space is such a premium.
Not every manufacturer perform their regulation adjustment with the same precision. Everything else being equal 6 position adjustment should be better then 5...
but a well adjusted 5 position watch will run better than a poorly adjusted 6 position watch. Number of position does not necessarily equate to accurate, the quality of how a given position is regulated is likely the most important factor here. Quality ov...
I suspect 6 is much more difficult than 5.
It seems with adjustments, when you make things better in one position, sometimes you make them worse in another. With 5-position adjustment, there is an "escape hatch" in the form of one position that will not be measured. With 6, there is not. That does...
I hate to say it... But I think it's mostly for marketing.
Does anyone else remember Walthams "100 jewel" movement? The additional jewels were added simply for the sake of, to make it sound like a higher quality movement; This was a carry over from a time when watches with more jewels were, generally, considered ...
My goodness
Thanks for sharing - wasn’t aware of the 100-jewel movement. That’s crazy. I kind of assumed the 6 positions statement might be principally a marketing thing - why else display the number of positions so prominently on the movement - but LF is such a wond...
LF, like any watch brand, has to sell watches to survive so marketing is important.
That isn't a bad thing, but it is honest to the fact that LF is a business, just like any other watch maker.
No disagreement from me on this
My point was really just that I have to believe LF’s customer base is very sophisticated about watches. This isn’t a mass market brand after all. So if LF is saying adjusted to 6 positions is noteworthy, I hesitate to think otherwise. Really just trying t...
Agreed. And, in the the truth of truth, I have no idea why they have chosen to give it such prominence.
Perhaps they wanted to add text to the movement to give it visual interest. Artistic flair is a fickle thing, after all. More my point is to not focus on the logical side of it (being adjusted to 6 positions), but rather the creative side.
Offtopic but...
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It’s a very good question and I’d expand the thought
To ALL text on a watch, both movement and dial. I am genuinely curious and often perplexed by what is included. There’s a fashion show here in the States called “Project Runway” and the contestants mentor, Tim Gunn, routinely shouts “Edit! Edit!”. I think...