I'm slowly fallign back in love with my Calatrava, mostly because of the stunningly beautiful movement.
I do however like to know what it is I'm looking at. I can identify the balance, escape, fourth and third wheels along with the ratchet click but that's about it.
The movement has several inspection holes but I don't know what it is they're there to inspect. I can see a nice black-polished disc which I believe is a sort of sliding clutch to engage / disengage the manual and auto winding but I'm not too sure.
Is there an exploded diagram of the movement anywhere? I couldn't find anything on a web search or this forum. As it forms the base for so many of the more complicated movements I'd have thought there's something out there?
Perhaps there's info on a similar movement design?
Is there no information on this calibre?
The Patek website only has superficial info like the number of bridges and the frequency of the balance. Nothing that explains how the unidirectional winding ststem works or shows an exploded view of the parts.
I found an exploded view for the cal 240 movement online but nothing for any of the newer self-winding movements.
Is no-one else interested in the technical aspects of the movements?