I am considering the puchase of a Calatrava, but not sure about the movements, can u help?
Calatrava with cal. 215 PS - the movement is bulid for decades, only 18 jewels but 28800 A/h or Calatrava Grand Tailler, ca 315 SC with only 21 600 A/h (30 jewels) does not sound up to date.I know that thy developed a Silinvar spring movement recntly but ...
Just my two cents...
To me. a watch is different from hi-tech gadget. For hi-tech, you want the latest, most up-to-date technology (it's even better with tomorrow's). But for watch. Hmm... Just give you an example, let's look at 5980 and 5070... 5980: - It's movement is the m...
what about the chrono second hand?
on the 5070.... do you mean the large sweep second hand when you say the chrono hand? and am i understanding that you say it should NOT be run all the time? if so, this is something i never knew ...and considering i am thinking of purchasing one , this is...
Also consider calibers 240 and 27-460.
If you like automatics, you can get a vintage watch with the caliber 27-460 and you will have one heck of a movement. Alternatively, there are some calatrava-style watches that use the caliber 240, which has a microrotor, and, although not an extremely ef...