BigFatPauli
1899
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 higher quality. For example;
This movement was available in higher grades, where it added jewels over the pinions;
Note the added jewel over the second (center) wheel. This was a higher grade version of the movement, impart (and other factors) due to the additional jewels, which certainly matter up to a point. I think additional positions matter, again, up to a point. A low grade movement may only be adjusted in one or two positions and, so to show their mettle, manufactures started talking about measuring to 4 or 5 positions. Now we are at 6.
At least that's my 2 cents...
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...
I own this watch (Origin Opaline) and was actually delivered movement #018. All the screws line up exactly as in the marketing photos. I love seeing the professional stock images of this movement knowing that exact example is in my watchbox . Here is a pi...
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...