2024年11月22日 · The art and science of generating the gears that keep our watches running, with insights from industry specialists.

2020年6月24日 · In a mechanical watch movement, the wheel train (or gear train) the gears are selected to deliver various speeds (hours, minutes, and seconds) simultaneously. These three functional areas, power reserve, power release, and finally, harnessing the power into utility, are all housed between the mainspring and the balance spring in a mechanical ...

2024年9月9日 · Most basic, manually wound watch movements will feature around 17 jewels, while automatic ones tend to sport between 21 and 25 jewels. And where do those jewels and screws sit? Those would be the plates, bridges, and …

The gears function to scale up the speed of the slow-turning mainspring, allowing it to power the watch for several days before it needs to be wound again—and it’s to the mainspring that the first wheel in the gear train is attached.

A mechanical watch is a watch that uses a clockwork mechanism to measure the passage of time, as opposed to quartz watches which function using the vibration modes of a piezoelectric quartz tuning fork, or radio watches, which are quartz watches synchronized to …

There are several wheel trains in a typical clock or watch. Pocket watch with gears labelled. The going train is the main gear train of the timepiece. It consists of the wheels that transmit the force of the timepiece's power source, the mainspring or weight, to the escapement to drive the pendulum or balance wheel. [4] .

2023年2月7日 · Watch movements, like the engines in cars, are the mechanisms that make the whole thing run, and if you're new to the world of avid watch enthusiasm, there's more to learn about them, and how they work, than you think.

2023年7月29日 · A simple watch has three main parts in its gear train: the hour wheel, minute wheel, and second wheel. For the minute hand to make a full revolution every hour, the gear ratio between the minute wheel and hour wheel must be 60:1.

2025年1月29日 · Whether you’re a budding watch enthusiast or simply curious about the timepiece on your wrist, understanding watch movements helps you appreciate these mechanical marvels and make informed decisions when buying or maintaining one.

2023年8月22日 · Delve into the captivating world of mechanical watches. Explore the gears, springs, and artistry that come together to create these watches.