How does a Strehler Papillon actually work?
We got so mesmerized by the weird reading of time that I forgot to ask a simple question: How does it work? Forget about the hour display at the top and the minutes display at the bottom with fixed papillon bridges and rotating sub-dials. The technical bl...
It works...
because the numbers are not actually printed on the barrels, but on toothed sapphire disks that are mounted above the barrels. You can just make them out on the pictures. That way they can be adjusted through a slip clutch just like any other watch. Andre...
Transparent discs understood but......
since there are 2 time display discs and only one escapement without a 3rd wheel, how are the display discs connected to the escapement part at the same time? I'm usually good spatialy and in 3D 'in-my-mind' but somehow I must have a mental block or the c...
I've been waiting for an article explaining this watch
ever since I first read about it a year ago. I am fascinated by this design, which is both technically innovative and beautiful. Creating a movement from scratch like this and being able to put it into production is boggles my mind. I wish Andreas much su...
3 more questions
1. Does the 2 toothed sapphire discs synchronized to the rotations of two main spring barrels? 2. The two mainspring barrels are said to be not firmly tied into the sequence of the movement. How are they regulated by one escapement? 3. From what point of ...
I like this idea that it's the caliber which tells the time.
A few pics I took in Paris,it's a nightmare to shoot this watch : Fr.Xavier...
You can see the sapphire disks here
It's a challenge to shoot, but not as hard as FrX makes it out to be A...
