Spring Drive: Antique Timepiece Plays Eight Gamut

Clockwork first used in watches


Many people do not know , history has recorded the first application of a mechanical clockwork timer is a familiar tool watches . All the mechanical movement needed momentum before the Revolution early in the industrial , mechanical power source necessary for human nothing more than wind, water, livestock, Deng forces of nature , but either not enough power Wen Ding Zhe Xie , Jiu Shi Jiegousuozhan sizes too big , brought no problem with farming , but to have nature in no time , until around the 15th century , to hammer power source for the mechanical structure came only to mechanical time possible.

To the 18th century, some watch manufacturers in Europe to watch design into a variety of images , and to promote the movement of certain accessories , so take the time than clocks , but also can make some interesting moves . Such as owl owl eyes on the clock to keep Pool closed , also regularly send their calls, while the clock on some of the characters can perform various actions.

It clocks in this design led to clockwork toys for the power plant produces . Popular in Europe earlier that music box , and then there are metal toys . Later, under the influence of China in Europe with a clockwork toy production , mainly for the Qing imperial family members play in the 20th century 20 's, the canning factory Haikang dollars to start producing the toys, the first production of the species is " chicken eat rice " Then there were the familiar metal frogs , and metal sparrows。

Energy Saving Clockwork coincide low carbon era


In addition to providing a good winding watches stable and long-term power source , but also can go more stable clock . About 67 years ago , winding or in carbon steel materials to build , prone to metal fatigue , travel time will result in inaccurate , and now the clock winding are using an ingredient complex new material , has many advantages, not Easy not easy breaking metal fatigue .

Decorative Square in Tsing Yi Fu Zhong Ya -line , we can see all kinds of travel time with a winding drive the antique clock , well-made . In the one produced in Germany before the Kenny family antique clock stopped , through transparent glass bell , you can see the golden yellow movement, this is the clock line of the most complex aspect of the movement within the station clock , Distinguish between light from the appearance of it in the end how many gears the reason for doing such a complex watch clock , mainly showing the current world's top watch technology for people watching . But to drive the world's top Taiwan -minute clock is not now commonly used household batteries , but traditional clockwork . Clockwork Shaft Clockwork box will turn into a few , winding it Shanghao , and saw the glass bell to rotate within the gear from the inter-related , there is an octave at the bottom of tube movement , the point When , with the winding of the drive it can play the music of the eight scales .

Green Ya- Chung said the Starting line , and compared with the power of clocks , clockwork watches the accuracy of travel time weaker , but very durable .

Some people think that , although now is a fully electric -based , digital age , but with the gradual depletion of the Earth energy , coupled with advances in materials industry , environmental protection and energy-efficient winding power again appears to the resurgence of the trend , and the winding Battery power will not have pollution problems , more green . Perhaps in another few years, with the popularity of environmental consciousness around us will have more and more winding power products