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Thanks a lot for your insight and knowledge, Andrew!
I knew that by tackling such a technical subject, I risked making mistakes. But in the end, it doesn't matter, because fortunately, there are people like you who know more and it’s an opportunity to learn!
Best, Emmanuel
The intoxicating beauty of click springs
In some of my previous threads, I've highlighted this small , but crucial and sometimes wonderfully beautiful component of a watch's movement. The click is a pawl often shaped like a beak or as a cam with two tips. It's held in tension by a spring that fo...
Thank you, Salman!
This post is very dear to me, so I'm glad you liked it. Best, Emmanuel
Great post!
Thanks for educating us on how this often overlooked component can also be a thing of beauty!
Thanks for your enthusiasm!
This post is really dear to me, so I'm glad you enjoyed it. Best, Emmanuel
Very informative read
I don’t have those brands, but my LF with that blade style click lever really feels great with the fine clicks but being buttery smooth with next to no resistance.
Yes, LF has done two wonderful calibers with such click springs:
the Tourbillon and the Classic origin. Thanks for your comment. Best, Emmanuel
Thanks for sharing. Those aren’t actually clicks in the two train watches, as in they don’t retain the mainspring.
It’s a reversing system for tandem winding, basically the same as you’d find in the reverser wheels of an ETA or Rolex movement. There is another click underneath the ratchet wheels to retain the mainspring, as can be seen in this image from Amanico . It'...
Thanks a lot for your insight and knowledge, Andrew!
I knew that by tackling such a technical subject, I risked making mistakes. But in the end, it doesn't matter, because fortunately, there are people like you who know more and it’s an opportunity to learn! Best, Emmanuel
Thanks for another amazing post
I enjoyed every bit of it, the legend was useful. The finishing of the movement plates on the Philippe Dufour pocket watch is exquisite. Laslty I got a chance to play with the GS a few weeks back and it is a very tactile movement, I hope they use it in mo...
Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it
because this post is very dear to me. I hope to be able to handle the GS next time I go to Paris. Best, Emmanuel
Yes, this tribute to Edward Muybridge is really great.
I’m glad you like it too. Best, Emmanuel
Wow - that’s quite the collection 👏🏻🙌🏻
Thanks for compiling all of these - a truly nice detail executed perfectly in the examples shown 👍🏻
I'm glad you liked this compilation!
This thread means a lot to me because it touches the heart of what I love so much about watchmaking. Thank you and have a nice day. Best, Emmanuel
Thank you, Goh!
I'm glad you enjoyed it because these click springs really belong to what makes horology so exciting for me. Best, Emmanuel
Thank you for this fun compilation of click springs! I'm a fan :)
One of these days I would like to own a watch with a traditional blade style click spring. The Chaykin double barrel is one I hadn't seen before, very cool, and I am a big fan of the Greubel implementation since it feels so 3d in a very 2d world. Garrick ...
Oh, I didn't know that one: I like it a lot, it looks very nice.
Thank you for the discovery! I hope you'll find the blade-style model of your dreams someday. Best, Emmanuel
fabulous piece on a well deserved topic
The shape of that Laurent Ferrier spring endears me to that watch forever. You opened my eyes to so many more!
Thank you, I’m really glad you enjoyed this thread,
which means a lot to me as it deals with those little things that make me love watchmaking. Best, Emmanuel