johnswatch1
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Education required - help me appreciate Cal 324
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?