Anyone else admire IWC's Pellaton winding system?

May 11, 2008,03:54 AM
 




Found in the cal. 80110/80111 and the cal. 5000 family. A clever, well proven design, reflective of what IWC is (was?) good at.
 
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Anyone else admire IWC's Pellaton winding system?

 
 By: SJX : May 11th, 2008-03:54
Found in the cal. 80110/80111 and the cal. 5000 family. A clever, well proven design, reflective of what IWC is (was?) good at. - SJX This message has been edited by SJX on 2008-05-11 08:04:08...

Me too, SJX

 
 By: amanico : May 11th, 2008-05:00
Here the Movement of the Port 5000, 7 days power reserve... A nice finish, indeed. IWC is strangely under rated, and deserves posts like this... Thanks SJX! Nicolas...

Very nice Nicolas

 
 By: SJX : May 12th, 2008-04:42

Nice shot. [nt]

 
 By: Jacky : May 12th, 2008-05:58

So much fun they even made a toy!

 
 By: SteveG : May 11th, 2008-05:04
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Love the Pellaton System!

 
 By: theCROWNprince : May 11th, 2008-06:57
I like this much better than most modern approaches to automatic winding systems. I was a little disappointed to see the latest iteration of the IWC winding system is less like the Pellaton and more like the equally reliable "magic lever" from Seiko. Both...

Very interesting

 
 By: SJX : May 11th, 2008-07:03
"I was a little disappointed to see the latest iteration of the IWC winding system is less like the Pellaton and more like the equally reliable "magic lever" from Seiko." Can you elaborate? I am sure forum readers would like to hear more. - SJX

I don't have any movement pictures

 
 By: aaronm : May 11th, 2008-09:32
but if you watch this brief video on IWC's site: hickory.ch.richemont.com v they've got animated movement bits flying around, and you can see that the old style Pelleton, with double ruby rollers directly on an eccecentric on the weight and the pawls made...

I certainly do

 
 By: Peter  : May 11th, 2008-07:58

I guess I kind of like it! [nt]

 
 By: palmasea : May 11th, 2008-18:10
No message body This message has been edited by bipllc on 2008-05-11 18:18:58...

Interesting BP color

 
 By: boulderben : May 14th, 2008-00:40
In the photo provided by bipllc, the Big Pilot on the right is an interesting color; what is it the case made of? It must be white gold appearing more like yellow/rose in the photo as I believe the only other choices would be stainless steel or platinum. ...

Big Pilot is in Rose Gold!

 
 By: palmasea : May 15th, 2008-19:52
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I love portugaise !!!

 
 By: p@trice : May 12th, 2008-03:38
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Not only it is beautiful to look at

 
 By: mikethw : May 12th, 2008-06:04
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Portuguese Perpetual Pellaton

 
 By: NJ_Mark : May 12th, 2008-07:07
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Nice shots JX....

 
 By: Jacky : May 12th, 2008-09:20
Actually for the pelleton winding system, what is the difference in perfomance towards the movement? Better winding? Or better shock resisting? Sorry for beginner question Thanks buddy. Regards

Some info...

 
 By: SJX : May 12th, 2008-17:05