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Horological Meandering

Many thanks for this, Rick. One trick I've stumbled onto (I'm working on a MacbookPro) is to open the photo on the desktop (mine opens automatically in Preview)

 

and pull down the Tools menu to Resize. Most of my photos are large (for detail) so I cut the size to 1/2, and then before exiting I take a screen shot of the photo (shft/cmnd/4), cropping it however I want (or leaving it as is - as soon as you release the crop it takes the picture). Then I exit. When I drag that image onto the upload screen what gets placed in the post is MUCH SMALLER than the football field-sized photos that would normally result—even though I've resized them!
Now… you probably know WAY MORE about this photo thing than I do, but this is the only way I've found to place reasonably-sized photos in my posts. For an example see "She'll go deeper" in Horological Meandering of a couple days ago. The photos get smaller (purposely) to simulate a "dive." And the above, admittedly tortured, way of doing this works every time. Go figure! Or… Please explain to me the proper way to get these sizes right!
As to the infor you've provided—Bravo! Every little bit helps, and this was more than a little bit. Deeply appreciated! Fred

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The Word From Habring—Repost w/diagrams...

 
By: halgedahl : July 16th, 2019-08:52
Hello fellow Purists! (And would some kind moderator please take down the original post? Thanks!) Last week I posted some feelings about the movement of the chrono minute hand—specifically my preference for the semi-instantaneous "jump" or some, rather th...  

Thank you for such an insightful post,

 
By: skyeriding : July 17th, 2019-02:44
Its easy to take for granted the features on the watch. Eg "why can't I just have a 60m subdial counter?". It makes sense when you start putting yourself in the watchmaker's shoes, and start imagining the designs for yourself - which in this case, the tho... 

Several Lemania movements have continuous chronograph minutes.

 
By: rdenney : July 17th, 2019-08:39
Particularly, in my experience, the 1340 and it’s derivatives. For example, the Ebel version with three subdials—their caliber 137—used an indirectly driven minutes counter with continuous motion. Their caliber 139 provides a central minutes counter. But ... 

Many thanks for this, Rick. One trick I've stumbled onto (I'm working on a MacbookPro) is to open the photo on the desktop (mine opens automatically in Preview)

 
By: halgedahl : July 17th, 2019-10:48
and pull down the Tools menu to Resize. Most of my photos are large (for detail) so I cut the size to 1/2, and then before exiting I take a screen shot of the photo (shft/cmnd/4), cropping it however I want (or leaving it as is - as soon as you release th... 

Here’s a picture

 
By: rdenney : July 18th, 2019-06:13
Of the Ebel 1911 BTR, caliber 139, with continuous central minutes. The minutes counter uses a three-pointed hand moving over a 120-degree dial scale. —Rick ...  

Thanks for sharing Rick,

 
By: skyeriding : July 19th, 2019-08:35
You're correct that there is no distinct mechanical "clutch" (such as a horizontal or vertical clutch), but instead I believe these work via a direct friction coupling (as a "crude" clutch, in a way), something like this in the following image of a Lemani...  

It never occurred to me that the minute counter reset hammer was on the dial side.

 
By: rdenney : July 19th, 2019-09:40
I’ve studied these movements with a loupe, but not the dial side and not with disassembly. But there is a reset hammer only for the chronograph seconds hand, plus its famous Delrin brake. Thank you for the explanation. —Rick

I could not agree more

 
By: NT931 : July 19th, 2019-08:48
The detailed technical discussions aside, what shines thru for me is Richard Habring’s generosity of time and spirit in answering this question. I have a Habring Erwin, and have communicated with Maria before, and the couple’s kindness and friendliness is...