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i know nothing about chronograph movement architecture design, but it is interesting that given designers figured out how to size/configure the gear trains
so that the three axes (pinions) for the time hands and subdials were perfectly aligned, one would think that they also had a conscious reason for not having the subdial pinions symmetrically distanced from the center pinion. While it seems a bit crazy that the reason for the asymmetry would be to allow chosen placement of the logo, who knows? I guess this will be another mystery for the ages, but thank you for your speculation!
Can someone explain to me
why, in this vintage watch (pic taken from Hodinkee), the subdials are not centered about the central axis? Given that the subdials are the same size, one first notices that the left subdial is framed by the 45 second arabic at 9 oclock, but the right sub...
As a matter of fact, you are correct - The pocket watches weren't symmetrical!
I did a quick search and found this article from timeandwatches , which has some scans of past Minerva watches. One of the photos show a rattrapante pocket watch, which does indeed, have the top subdial sitting slightly higher up than the lower one! (I ve...
i know nothing about chronograph movement architecture design, but it is interesting that given designers figured out how to size/configure the gear trains
so that the three axes (pinions) for the time hands and subdials were perfectly aligned, one would think that they also had a conscious reason for not having the subdial pinions symmetrically distanced from the center pinion. While it seems a bit crazy th...
