watch_my_six
·So I am assessing a 1980's Vacheron perpetual with an automatic JLC base movement, and every few manual winds/clicks, there is a different sort of audible click/tick/pop that occurs. I am aware that for most contemporary automatic calibers, the winding mechanism decouples from the mainspring when fully wound to prevent over winding, but even if that's the case with this caliber (1120), the extra clicking occurs even when winding the watch after it has been run down to zero. I haven't encountered something like this on any of my other automatic watches, so I'm wondering if it might be indicative of a problem with the decoupling mechanism or mainspring, or if it is just a benign quirk perhaps with this particular movement/reference/example. What do you think?
Here is a video where you can hear the extra clicks if you listen closely: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/r0w8...6218.MOV?rlkey=8eub1agpjh6p1st1jyydpih94&dl=0
And a photo just for good measure ; )
Here is a video where you can hear the extra clicks if you listen closely: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/r0w8...6218.MOV?rlkey=8eub1agpjh6p1st1jyydpih94&dl=0
And a photo just for good measure ; )