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Moment of Inertia
Actually, if my understanding of physics is correct, the huge balance would be less susceptible to perturbation due to its extremely high moment of inertia. In fact, if I am not mistaken, the extreme moment of inertia is the key to pulling off an accurate watch with such a slow beat rate.
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Mitch
Check out the new Antoine Martin Slow Runner w/ 24mm balance wheel!
Yes you heard it correct - 24mm balance wheel! http://basel.watchprosite.com/show-forumpost/fi-636/pi-5774543/ti-850683/s-0/ Cheers, Anthony...
Beautiful presentation
Just wonder how it performs is real life conditions or is just an horological curiosity. In any case it was beautifully built and is mesmerizing to look this huge balance swinging. As a coincidence, my watchmaker explained yesterday how much simple is to ...
Everything about this is nice...
....I am especially intrigued by the ticking of the second hand and the balance spring coiling and uncoiling like a heartbeat. Mesmerizing! Richard
that is just beautiful to watch.
if only that balance could be on the dial side so i could spend all day looking at it. looking at the second hand i suppose you should call it a dead half second, but without all the extra bits needed to make it work. just lovely Graham
This is just the 1st model, so maybe a dial side balance wheel version
can be a possible model in the future! I think many of us here share your desire :) Cheers, Anthony
Can you imagine a 24mm...
Can you imagine a 24mm balance on the dial, where would the hands go :) We can dream G On 15 Mar 2013 19:43, "www watchprosite" *Alert from:* www:watchprosite > *Posted By:* AnthonyTsai (registered) on March 15th, 2013 - 12:43 > > *Title: This is just the...
Thanks for sharing
It is indeed a massive balance, which looks like an antique English pocket watch. However, it does not appeal to me because of the proportion. Instead, some other big balance watches like zenith 135, volker vyskocil are breathtaking, sometimes I even feel...
A very interesting idea...
But I would have put a dead-beat second... Thanks for the news. Fx
Very cool
I like it especially the breathing of the silicon spring. Only one negative, one hertz on the dial... Given the success of gronefeld's one hertz - it reminds me of their watch. Still, it's intriguing.
The physics worries me ...
While I generally like larger slow beat balance wheels this takes things to another level. But wouldn't such a large and slow balance wheel be prone to perturbations in rate from wrist movements and shocks and be slow to recover? Andrew
Moment of Inertia
Actually, if my understanding of physics is correct, the huge balance would be less susceptible to perturbation due to its extremely high moment of inertia. In fact, if I am not mistaken, the extreme moment of inertia is the key to pulling off an accurate...
Very interesting point Mitch. All...
Very interesting point Mitch. All my marine chronometers where 1/2 beat and kept perfect time. My Lange was just sheer perfection despite being made in '43 and used until i cant remember when before being decommissioned. Obviously you dont shake a gimball...
Interesting movement but
Interesting movement but there are good technical reasons why very slow beating balance wheels should and usually are avoided in writwatches. It might function perfectly well on a Witschi timing machine (as it is static) but it might as well be another st...
Incredibly interesting...
Wow! That is awesome! Is the watch accurate? I imagine it to be quite susceptible to shocks and with the slow beat slow to recover from then. But a large balance wheel would also have a high moment of inertia, so it would probably take larger than normal ...
