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Madjam1966
·Thanks again for all the helpful and enthusiastic replies. This is such a good forum.
8806 movement exposed..
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Gruesome
·On the other hand, if all their watches are 40mm+, and they already go to the expense of developing new movements, why not make them a bit larger? You can fit a larger inertia balance, a larger mainspring, the larger size makes it a bit easier to work on, and most of all people would feel better about getting a decent amount of metal for their money - instead of a spacer with 'metal' written on it ;-) .
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VetPsychWars
·On the other hand, if all their watches are 40mm+, and they already go to the expense of developing new movements, why not make them a bit larger? You can fit a larger inertia balance, a larger mainspring, the larger size makes it a bit easier to work on, and most of all people would feel better about getting a decent amount of metal for their money - instead of a spacer with 'metal' written on it ;-) .
Isn't the "rule" that the smaller movements with the lower-mass balance inherently more accurate?
Tom
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerIsn't the "rule" that the smaller movements with the lower-mass balance inherently more accurate?
Tom
No, that's not a rule...the subject is complicated, and involves many different variables...inertia of the balance, beat rate, etc.
A larger balance with more inertia is more difficult to disturb, but is often found in lower beat watches. A smaller balance is more easily disturbed, but recovers it's rate quicker, and is typically in faster beat watches. Either can be very accurate depending on the situation.
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cvalue13
·If Al says it is 26mm then it is 26mm, looks like Watchbase is wrong.
Here’s a crude photo with 6 arrows, all identical in length.
The full six arrows length is [X].
Four arrows is 66% the length of [6 arrows].
Similarly, 29mm is 72% of 40mm. Put differently, 40mm will appears almost 30% larger than 29mm.
and 26mm is 65% of 40mm - shocked that Barney Rubble sh*t seems to have been right-ish
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FBPB
·A lot of modern watches have movement spacers, the trend towards larger watches made it obligatory, especially if a company is using existing/evolved calibres that were originally meant for use in much smaller watches.
I have some vintage watches from the 50s and 60s with movements that are downright miniscule compared to today's. I can't imagine putting one into a 42mm case... The spacer would be half of the watch...
I have some vintage watches from the 50s and 60s with movements that are downright miniscule compared to today's. I can't imagine putting one into a 42mm case... The spacer would be half of the watch...
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