19 Nov 2010

British Style Pocket Watch

Fashion Watch News Report: Overall, the British system of thick and heavy watch, is to free development of individual watchmaker to the family business or Sons. Thick case, rugged movement, was loved by the vast majority of users. But why watch a historic British symbol, they did not with France, Switzerland to compete pocket watch made it? Main reasons: too thick case, the cost increase; movement mostly gilt surface treatment, can not play plywood surface grinding process. Most of its drive gear is covered in plywood below. Size of the steel wheels are also designed under the splint, even more than usually chronograph body was placed in the splint under. In theory, this poor design is not onerous, but maintenance does more inconvenience.

I will now share with you a pure multi-functional complex of British origin pocket watch. The picture is 18k gold three-hunting cover sheet, the three asked to play spring with minute repeater, perpetual calendar, moon phases chronograph displays and other kinetic energy increases. This is where English is rare pocket watch. Hand-fired white ceramic face plate, black Roman numerals, rail-shaped minute scale, the external there are 1 / 5 seconds and Arabic numerals 5, rounding 60 seconds mark. 3 small-cap position of a calendar, a week of small-cap position of 9 o'clock, 10 o'clock position of the dial can be handle quick adjustment. 6 o'clock is a small second hand disk. Partial large dial on the center of local arrangements show moon phases, moon phase disc and burned by the 18k gold to create a blue enamel. Plate by hand carved moon, the stars, the moon also carved mask. Moon phase position of the dial can handle 7 rapid adjustment. 12 month position has a display panel, showing that the 48 month, the fourth year is a leap year. February 29, leap year day, the rest of the year in February 28 days; size 31 months and 30 days of the other, the beating of the date chosen by an uneven four years with 4 one revolution of gear to control. This is the so-called "calendar" feature of mystery. This watch calendar watch organizations and the Swiss system similar, but also has its own uniqueness.

The chronograph institutions controlled by a single button chronograph start, stop and reset. Whole body was placed in the plywood below the watch to show the unique style of the UK. It is a traditional Swiss chronograph models, as are used to control the cylindrical cam. Third, agencies asked to play spring timekeeping is almost the same watch with the Swiss, even polished effort than Switzerland. Steel used for each chime of small parts have done a chamfered edge polishing, surface do mirror polishing, these are not Ruishi Huai watch. Using dual vibratory hammer two-man to the time structure, fan-shaped horse reducer, but its timekeeping hammer and gear are placed in a splint below. 3 / 4 gilt plates inscribed with the name and individually numbered watchmaker. 30 natural redstonesaxis eye (synthetic ruby was yet to come) are mostly to be embedded in alloy steel sleeve in blue by the small screws in the plywood. Motherboard from the same small blue steel screws. It is the tip of the escape wheel, alloy material, Rui Shihuai watch little used. Also add this: It's K escapement fork-shaped ruby embedded in the steel part of the middle.

Article Source: http://www.vogue-element.com
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