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11 sept 2021: The Revolution is done = the Death of Spiral area. Congratulations to Vincent CALABRESE

Vincent presented yesterday, on sept 11th (a memorable date) at Vicenza Oro in Italy, the CATALYS.

"Throughout my life, I have endeavoured, with the help of poetry and philosophy, to change the habits of the watchmaking world.

It is with great pleasure that I am announcing to you, as a preview, the death of the balance spring after 500 years of use.

This will be officially announced in Vicenza on 11 September at my press conference."

Here is the video of the novelty (many patents)

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Enjoy this incredible improvement from the Maestro.

LOVE him +++++

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Thanks for sharing this, I'm moving it to the AHCI forum so it gets picked up on the Front page. Cheers.

By: FabR : September 12th, 2021-11:33

Thank you Fabrice

By: patrickh : September 12th, 2021-12:47

You should read many Italian revues soon ;-)

All those teeth... Wouldn't this dramatcially increase the energy loss due to friction?

By: northerner : September 12th, 2021-11:51

I do not think so, but I am waiting for the official Calasys report ;-)

By: patrickh : September 12th, 2021-12:48

Thanks for sharing this info . I was waiting for it as I don’t have FB .

By: Watchonthewrist : September 12th, 2021-12:39

Will check it out

Publications will follow for sure ;-)

By: patrickh : September 12th, 2021-12:54

read the report on MONO ;-)

By: monochrome : November 17th, 2021-11:28

Not so sure about this

By: Poky : September 12th, 2021-12:40

If something works, why fix it?

The accuracy is much more improved and easier to regulate if needed ;-)

By: patrickh : September 12th, 2021-12:50

If everybody thought this way we would still be living in caves and ride horses.

By: Lu Cash : September 12th, 2021-13:15

+1

By: dedestexhes : September 12th, 2021-13:49

Let's wait and see if this is really a fix

By: cazalea : September 13th, 2021-23:16

Having been fooled, conned, burned and swindled more than a few times by press conferences, often well-meaning inventors, and business men. I like Calabrese and have owned several of his watches. He is a VERY clever guy, but to say "The Spiral Hairspring ...

Very interesting, thanks Patrick

By: Mike H : September 12th, 2021-14:48

Let's see whet the experts say (sorry I am not qualified enough to judge). As you say this could possibly be a litte revolution... or not. In any case whatever the result it is thanks to such gifted watchmakers that the technique is moving forward. Merci ...

Great to see new innovations

By: LiftAngle51 : September 12th, 2021-16:51

To think always ideas that comes alive. The silicon oscillator is just there, the silicon hairspring and silicon balance wheel for awhile. I loved always the tech around spirals. If the spiral is out of a watch, it feels for me a bit of the soul is taken ...

Thanks for sharing, it seems to me though that the idea is similar to Frederique Constant's new escapement presented a few months back here (and truly a a giant leap) ?

By: montres1 : September 13th, 2021-09:54

I suppose you refer to their new oscillator

By: patrickh : September 13th, 2021-15:45

" That oscillator, beating at an unprecedented 288,000 vibrations an hour, about 40Hz, brings a motherlode of modern innovation to such a classic execution. At that rate, the Slimline Monolithic Manufacture ticks at 10 times the speed of most mechanical m...

Yes indeed you are right, I am not a technical expert, but had the impression the idea was similar, while it is probably not !

By: montres1 : September 17th, 2021-09:32

Very interestiing

By: Langepedia : September 13th, 2021-10:26

Looking forward to seeing the official reports!

+1

By: patrickh : September 13th, 2021-15:45

Answers about FRICTION

By: patrickh : October 18th, 2021-18:55

Vincent CALABRESE: "There is no body in motion without friction! One of the subtleties of Calasys is that the friction of the Calasys is continuous, therefore controllable ... You just have to calculate it well and apply the appropriate solutions that I h...

Could this be the next step ?

By: Steyr : October 19th, 2021-19:55

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Good one. Hopefully

By: patrickh : October 20th, 2021-09:43

you are not a wristwach's watchmaker. LOL For mural watch ;-)

Any updates on this?

By: Tim_M : November 14th, 2021-18:20

To be sure, there are ways to replace conventional hairsprings, but I can't name too many that offer real improvements. Aside from the fact that this Calabrese proposal appears to use non-repairable DRIE parts, there's also a major burden of proof to be p...

I trust Vincent.

By: patrickh : November 15th, 2021-08:52

He has proven he is a Great Inventor . He worked on this project for 10 years, now. Give him some time to implement his CALASYS Concept with new different metal components and the mass production made by a partner ;-) I follow and wait for the final calib...