Anyone else admire IWC's Pellaton winding system?
SJX
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
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amanico May 11th, 2008-05:00
Me too, SJX 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...
theCROWNprince May 11th, 2008-06:57
Love the Pellaton System! 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...
SJX May 11th, 2008-07:03
Very interesting "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
aaronm May 11th, 2008-09:32
I don't have any movement pictures 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...
palmasea May 11th, 2008-18:10
I guess I kind of like it! No message body This message has been edited by bipllc on 2008-05-11 18:18:58...
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