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Time Writer II - Mr. Gomila talks about his world of 1/1000 sec.
Time Writer II - Mr. Gomila
talks
It is the time for the Annual "World Watch Fair" at Mitsukoshi Department Store in Tokyo. As with last year, one of this year's biggest events was by Montblanc. As for last year, it was Montblanc's "Ecrire le Temps" Exhibition that caught people's eyes here=> montblanc.watchprosite.com
We don't have Montblanc event often here in Tokyo, but this World Watch Fair is where the big action of MB is seen.
Other interesting stuff at the Fair will be reported separately on HoMe.
One of the highlights of the Fair was the Talk Show of Mr. Gomila and Mr. Hirota (Japan's well known watch journalist) about Time Writer II. There have been several posts about this 1/1000 sec chronograph on PPro already, and I hope I can report something new details about it.
For your reference, below are some of the past posts about this model:
montblanc.watchprosite.com
montblanc.watchprosite.com
montblanc.watchprosite.com
montblanc.watchprosite.com
montblanc.watchprosite.com
1. Mr. Bartomeu Gomila Sintes
Born and grew up on the island of Menorca of Spain. Studied at the watchmaker school near Neuchatel. Now he owns his workshop there "Taller del Temps", mainly does restoration of the complication and/or historical pieces by the requests from the museums and private collectors. He does not belong to MB/Villeret, but he joined this "project" as the special force (concept, design and development of the special mechanism, etc.). 33 years old.
2. Talk show highlights:
Hirota (MH): Today, we want to ask Mr. Gomila how he made it possible to measure 1/1000 sec which is theoretically impossible. And we will show you a schematic which is made public as "world premier".
How did you get involved in this project?
Gamila (BG): As a watchmaker, I have for a long time wanted to visit Villeret (where MB's ex-Minerva manufacteur is located) and I fortunately could do so in 2010 where I met the legendary master watchmaker, Mr. Cabiddu. He showed me around the manufacteur, including those projects which had not been made public yet. One of them was the prototype of the chronograph which can measure 1/100 sec. I asked him why he does not announce such a wonderful watch and he replied, "I am not sure whether the public appreciate this level of chronograph now". And I told him that I had some idea which might enable the chronograph to measure 1/1000 sec., and he recommended that I make presentation to the high-end horology R&D Institute. At Villeret, there is a program every two years where worthy ideas does become the MB's project to make it really happen. And, my idea was approved there and chosen to become the project.
MH: Now let's talk about this watch.
MH: As you can see, this watch has two "engines". The 1st balance wheel at 7 o'clock is for the watch - 18,000 bph, and the 2nd balance wheel at 11 is for the chronograph - 360,000 bph. As you know, 18,000 bph makes 5 "clicks" in one second and many chronograph uses 18,000 bph movement with minute track divided by 5. And, similarly, 360,000 bph can measure up to 1/100 sec.
MH: But, theoretically speaking, 360,000 bph cannot measure 1/1000 sec.
BG: That is correct. It is possible to measure 1/100 sec, meaning make the chronograph second hand "jump" 100 times per second with the "normal" gear train. In order to measure 1/1000 sec, we had to come up with the idea of how to make 10 jumps between those 1/100 seconds. The theory is simple. As you can see in the schematic, there is an additional gear that divided one second (one round of the chronograph second hand) by 10.
MH: But there is a problem. The hand in the mechanical watch or chronograph "ticking" causes the hands' "jump" to slow-start, then accelerate and slow down, then accelerate.... repeats this cycle. How can you eliminate this "irregularity"? In other words, this "ticking" is the fate of any mechanical watch and that would prevent the accuracy, at least at 1/1000th of a second, and how did you manage to have the chronograph hand evolve at the "constant speed" (imagine "Spring Drive") to measure such a small amount of time?
BG: Exactly. That is where the "wheel for homogenization of the 1000th" is needed. It smoothes and make the jumping of movement of the hand constant.
MH: So, this gear with "black box" makes the gear evolve at the constant speed? What is inside?
BG: Yes, that is correct. Unfortunately, that parts is one of the 23 patents pending out of this model and I cannot talk in public fully for two years. But I can say that this is the first mechanism which runs the gear at the very, very accurate and constant speed.
HM: Too bad that we cannot hear about the secret here now, but this "world premier" schematic is really a huge leap from the version we were shown at SIHH this year. At that time, this parts was replaced with fake crap
One more question. I
understand that you cannot tell us about this "black box", but how do
you know that your 1/1000 sec chronograph is accurate?
BG: Ah! I thought you would ask. We put the movement in the dark room equipped with the strobe system set to flash each 1/1000 sec, with high speed camera. And voila, the 1/1000 gear was accurate as the strobe photo confirmed.
HM: Wow, I really wish to see the inside the black box. I understand that even this world premier schematic may never be shown again. But let me continue. This is one of my favorite chronographs and this manages to measure 1/100 sec, enabled by stopping escapement and intermediate wheel. The idea seems similar to yours. So, there are precedent in "dividing the frequency" to achieve high frequency chronograph. What is the major difference between the past ideas and yours?
BG: I am not familiar with that model but it is completely different from my mechanism. I believe it is similar to foudroyante. My mechanism, although I am sorry that I cannot explain too much, has two engines (watch and chrono), chronograph system moves homogeneously and with constant speed, and can measure 1/1000 sec.
MH: Finally, this watch has very good legibility, too. On 12 is the window of 1/1000 sec which is at N (neutral) when the chronograph is running. 1/100 sec marker is on the outside of the dial while the watch dial is smaller, inside the dial. On 3 is the power reserve for the chronograph which is 45 minutes at maximum. And on 6 is the small dial in which red dial shows the minutes and the black hand shows the second. Any special consideration here?
BG: Yes, I believe these "machine" must instantly tell you what you want. I placed the dials in one vertical line - you just have to move your eye from the bottom to the top. Therefore, the bottom tells you the minute and the second. Then the chronograph hand tells you 1/100 sec and the top window tells you the 1/1000 sec. Also, I want you to pay attention to the back side. As a watch restorer, I believe that the watch must be beautiful and the motif of the back side design is, obviously, a flower.
MH: So, the bottom line is that 1/1000 sec chronograph CAN be achieved based on the traditional watchmaking. Here is, for now, the only working sample of this model. The audience can see how it works at Montblanc booth later. Thank you very much for today.
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3. After the session:
See the big balance wheel for watch at 7 and small balance wheel for chronograph on 11.
See the super high speed spinning of the balance wheel on 11 when the chronograph starts.
(note that since this is still the first working sample, this needs a bit of adjustment - the second hand of the bottom subdial is not exactly at zero)
Longer version of promotion video made by MB. You can see more clearly how it works.
(Sorry, I took the screen of the monitor....
The watch power reserve is 5 days. Single barrel in which there are two-storey springs.
I asked additional questions:
PPro: I see your name on the dial (a little below the center of the dial). Did you insist this?
BG: Yes. And there is another thing I insisted on the dial design. The legibility and the dial placement, of course, and two balance wheels be seen from the dial side. These mechanism are so beautifully done and I want everybody to see them.
PPro: What else, I assume one of many, can you tell us about the difficulties during developing this model?
BG: Well, obviously, there were many. But one thing I remember is Mr. Cabiddu told me to make the chronograph balance wheel which spins at 360,000 bph with only 3 rounds of the hair spring. Yes, the longer the hair spring, the slower the balance wheel spins. But three rounds is not enough in terms of isochronous precision . So I had a headache for a long time. But I came up with the idea to use "double hair spring" which uses two set of hair spring powers to the opposite direction. Now I made the chronograph balance wheel with 11 rounds of hair spring as the normal balance wheel.
PPro: This must be a dumb question, but speaking of durability, 360,000 bph is so fast and the friction or wear of the parts must be a problem, too?
BG: If you run the chronograph 24 hours a day, you are correct. We calculated, based on the assumption that you use the chronograph for 45 minutes per day (same as one full power reserve time). Then, chances are, the watch mechanism requires servicing before chronograph mechanism requires servicing.
Thank you very much, Mr. Gomila.
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On my wrist....
LE of 36.
The backside is not really finished because this is still the sample.
I also asked whether Montbanc intends to make other than black/red version. But with 36 LE model, they do not have a plan to make other color of this model.
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Mr. Gomila is a very gentle, young and obviously talented watchmaker who is passionate about watchmaking. Very pleasant to spend time with. Although a bit of frustration was left in me with respect to the "black box", I would certainly hope to learn more some day and except more exciting projects from the WATCH BRAND, Montblanc going forward.
Special thanks to:
Mr. Bartomeu Gomila (Taller del Temps)
Mr. Masayuki Hirota (Watch journalist for Chronos Japan)
Ms. Yuka Akasaka (Richemont Japan: Montblanc)
Mr. Shingo Hisai (Richemont Japan: Montblanc)
Mr. Yoshikuni Kawazoe (Manager, Montblanc Boutique Ginza)
* all the slides and videos are posted here with permission.
Thank you for reading.
Ken
This message has been edited by KIH on 2012-08-30 07:34:54 This message has been edited by MTF on 2012-08-31 02:02:46
It is the time for the Annual "World Watch Fair" at Mitsukoshi Department Store in Tokyo. As with last year, one of this year's biggest events was by Montblanc. As for last year, it was Montblanc's "Ecrire le Temps" Exhibition that caught people's eyes here=> montblanc.watchprosite.com
We don't have Montblanc event often here in Tokyo, but this World Watch Fair is where the big action of MB is seen.
Other interesting stuff at the Fair will be reported separately on HoMe.
One of the highlights of the Fair was the Talk Show of Mr. Gomila and Mr. Hirota (Japan's well known watch journalist) about Time Writer II. There have been several posts about this 1/1000 sec chronograph on PPro already, and I hope I can report something new details about it.
For your reference, below are some of the past posts about this model:
montblanc.watchprosite.com
montblanc.watchprosite.com
montblanc.watchprosite.com
montblanc.watchprosite.com
montblanc.watchprosite.com
1. Mr. Bartomeu Gomila Sintes
Born and grew up on the island of Menorca of Spain. Studied at the watchmaker school near Neuchatel. Now he owns his workshop there "Taller del Temps", mainly does restoration of the complication and/or historical pieces by the requests from the museums and private collectors. He does not belong to MB/Villeret, but he joined this "project" as the special force (concept, design and development of the special mechanism, etc.). 33 years old.
2. Talk show highlights:
Hirota (MH): Today, we want to ask Mr. Gomila how he made it possible to measure 1/1000 sec which is theoretically impossible. And we will show you a schematic which is made public as "world premier".
How did you get involved in this project?
Gamila (BG): As a watchmaker, I have for a long time wanted to visit Villeret (where MB's ex-Minerva manufacteur is located) and I fortunately could do so in 2010 where I met the legendary master watchmaker, Mr. Cabiddu. He showed me around the manufacteur, including those projects which had not been made public yet. One of them was the prototype of the chronograph which can measure 1/100 sec. I asked him why he does not announce such a wonderful watch and he replied, "I am not sure whether the public appreciate this level of chronograph now". And I told him that I had some idea which might enable the chronograph to measure 1/1000 sec., and he recommended that I make presentation to the high-end horology R&D Institute. At Villeret, there is a program every two years where worthy ideas does become the MB's project to make it really happen. And, my idea was approved there and chosen to become the project.
MH: Now let's talk about this watch.
MH: As you can see, this watch has two "engines". The 1st balance wheel at 7 o'clock is for the watch - 18,000 bph, and the 2nd balance wheel at 11 is for the chronograph - 360,000 bph. As you know, 18,000 bph makes 5 "clicks" in one second and many chronograph uses 18,000 bph movement with minute track divided by 5. And, similarly, 360,000 bph can measure up to 1/100 sec.
MH: But, theoretically speaking, 360,000 bph cannot measure 1/1000 sec.
BG: That is correct. It is possible to measure 1/100 sec, meaning make the chronograph second hand "jump" 100 times per second with the "normal" gear train. In order to measure 1/1000 sec, we had to come up with the idea of how to make 10 jumps between those 1/100 seconds. The theory is simple. As you can see in the schematic, there is an additional gear that divided one second (one round of the chronograph second hand) by 10.
MH: But there is a problem. The hand in the mechanical watch or chronograph "ticking" causes the hands' "jump" to slow-start, then accelerate and slow down, then accelerate.... repeats this cycle. How can you eliminate this "irregularity"? In other words, this "ticking" is the fate of any mechanical watch and that would prevent the accuracy, at least at 1/1000th of a second, and how did you manage to have the chronograph hand evolve at the "constant speed" (imagine "Spring Drive") to measure such a small amount of time?
BG: Exactly. That is where the "wheel for homogenization of the 1000th" is needed. It smoothes and make the jumping of movement of the hand constant.
MH: So, this gear with "black box" makes the gear evolve at the constant speed? What is inside?
BG: Yes, that is correct. Unfortunately, that parts is one of the 23 patents pending out of this model and I cannot talk in public fully for two years. But I can say that this is the first mechanism which runs the gear at the very, very accurate and constant speed.
HM: Too bad that we cannot hear about the secret here now, but this "world premier" schematic is really a huge leap from the version we were shown at SIHH this year. At that time, this parts was replaced with fake crap
One more question. I
understand that you cannot tell us about this "black box", but how do
you know that your 1/1000 sec chronograph is accurate?BG: Ah! I thought you would ask. We put the movement in the dark room equipped with the strobe system set to flash each 1/1000 sec, with high speed camera. And voila, the 1/1000 gear was accurate as the strobe photo confirmed.
HM: Wow, I really wish to see the inside the black box. I understand that even this world premier schematic may never be shown again. But let me continue. This is one of my favorite chronographs and this manages to measure 1/100 sec, enabled by stopping escapement and intermediate wheel. The idea seems similar to yours. So, there are precedent in "dividing the frequency" to achieve high frequency chronograph. What is the major difference between the past ideas and yours?
BG: I am not familiar with that model but it is completely different from my mechanism. I believe it is similar to foudroyante. My mechanism, although I am sorry that I cannot explain too much, has two engines (watch and chrono), chronograph system moves homogeneously and with constant speed, and can measure 1/1000 sec.
MH: Finally, this watch has very good legibility, too. On 12 is the window of 1/1000 sec which is at N (neutral) when the chronograph is running. 1/100 sec marker is on the outside of the dial while the watch dial is smaller, inside the dial. On 3 is the power reserve for the chronograph which is 45 minutes at maximum. And on 6 is the small dial in which red dial shows the minutes and the black hand shows the second. Any special consideration here?
BG: Yes, I believe these "machine" must instantly tell you what you want. I placed the dials in one vertical line - you just have to move your eye from the bottom to the top. Therefore, the bottom tells you the minute and the second. Then the chronograph hand tells you 1/100 sec and the top window tells you the 1/1000 sec. Also, I want you to pay attention to the back side. As a watch restorer, I believe that the watch must be beautiful and the motif of the back side design is, obviously, a flower.
MH: So, the bottom line is that 1/1000 sec chronograph CAN be achieved based on the traditional watchmaking. Here is, for now, the only working sample of this model. The audience can see how it works at Montblanc booth later. Thank you very much for today.
==========================================================================
3. After the session:
See the big balance wheel for watch at 7 and small balance wheel for chronograph on 11.
See the super high speed spinning of the balance wheel on 11 when the chronograph starts.
(note that since this is still the first working sample, this needs a bit of adjustment - the second hand of the bottom subdial is not exactly at zero)
Longer version of promotion video made by MB. You can see more clearly how it works.
(Sorry, I took the screen of the monitor....
The watch power reserve is 5 days. Single barrel in which there are two-storey springs.
I asked additional questions:
PPro: I see your name on the dial (a little below the center of the dial). Did you insist this?
BG: Yes. And there is another thing I insisted on the dial design. The legibility and the dial placement, of course, and two balance wheels be seen from the dial side. These mechanism are so beautifully done and I want everybody to see them.
PPro: What else, I assume one of many, can you tell us about the difficulties during developing this model?
BG: Well, obviously, there were many. But one thing I remember is Mr. Cabiddu told me to make the chronograph balance wheel which spins at 360,000 bph with only 3 rounds of the hair spring. Yes, the longer the hair spring, the slower the balance wheel spins. But three rounds is not enough in terms of isochronous precision . So I had a headache for a long time. But I came up with the idea to use "double hair spring" which uses two set of hair spring powers to the opposite direction. Now I made the chronograph balance wheel with 11 rounds of hair spring as the normal balance wheel.
PPro: This must be a dumb question, but speaking of durability, 360,000 bph is so fast and the friction or wear of the parts must be a problem, too?
BG: If you run the chronograph 24 hours a day, you are correct. We calculated, based on the assumption that you use the chronograph for 45 minutes per day (same as one full power reserve time). Then, chances are, the watch mechanism requires servicing before chronograph mechanism requires servicing.
Thank you very much, Mr. Gomila.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
On my wrist....
LE of 36.
The backside is not really finished because this is still the sample.
I also asked whether Montbanc intends to make other than black/red version. But with 36 LE model, they do not have a plan to make other color of this model.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr. Gomila is a very gentle, young and obviously talented watchmaker who is passionate about watchmaking. Very pleasant to spend time with. Although a bit of frustration was left in me with respect to the "black box", I would certainly hope to learn more some day and except more exciting projects from the WATCH BRAND, Montblanc going forward.
Special thanks to:
Mr. Bartomeu Gomila (Taller del Temps)
Mr. Masayuki Hirota (Watch journalist for Chronos Japan)
Ms. Yuka Akasaka (Richemont Japan: Montblanc)
Mr. Shingo Hisai (Richemont Japan: Montblanc)
Mr. Yoshikuni Kawazoe (Manager, Montblanc Boutique Ginza)
* all the slides and videos are posted here with permission.
Thank you for reading.
Ken
This message has been edited by KIH on 2012-08-30 07:34:54 This message has been edited by MTF on 2012-08-31 02:02:46
Great report Ken!
I had not heard of this model until now... very cool looking but not sure how much use other than to have it as a great novelty someone else does not have!
What size is the watch as it looks quite big on your wrist and any idea of the price?
Thanks for sharing!
Andrew
What size is the watch as it looks quite big on your wrist and any idea of the price?
Thanks for sharing!
Andrew
Size is...
.. as far as I remember, around 44mm? At first Mr. Gomila thought of 47, but MB thought it would be too big....
The price... I saw Japanese MSRP, but you should check with your local MB Way out of my league, for sure!
Ken
The price... I saw Japanese MSRP, but you should check with your local MB
Way out of my league, for sure!Ken
Very nicely done Ken. I am looking forward to
getting my hands on this one. My chronograph lust continues!
Many thanks,
Tim
It will take sometime to deliver the first one...
Hi Tim,
For the first unit, almost all the parts must be made by Mr. Gomila himself and he was really not excited by the prospect of how long it will take the first commercial unit - may take a year or so. The second will be another 6 months or so. Be patient!
Ken
For the first unit, almost all the parts must be made by Mr. Gomila himself and he was really not excited by the prospect of how long it will take the first commercial unit - may take a year or so. The second will be another 6 months or so. Be patient!
Ken
Wow! A true 1/1000th counter!
Two escapements, a traditional escapement for the watch, and a chronograph escapement system with 100 beat per minute escapement with a 10X multiplier-gear for true 1000th of a second accuracy. That's amazing.
I'm starting to see Villeret almost like a Harry Winston Opus line; the Opus line features some truly visually and horologically amazing watches. Will the Villeret line eventually have its own "OPUS" line with invited watchmakers who make really unusual special pieces? Meta-morphosis and now the Gomila 1/1000 sec Chronograph?
Thank you for this awesome report Ken! A true technical report that can be appreciated by all. I wonder how autonomous the two gear systems are (the chronograph and the time keeping). I wonder if it's like the Jaeger-LeCoultre DuoMetre where the system is two completely separate parallel systems running in tandem.
An amazing watch, really hoping to be able to see one of these someday.
Totally separate
Watch mechanism, btw 5 days PR is amazing by its own right, and chrono mechanism is totally separate including of course the barrel. Crown winding - clockwise winds the watch and counter-clockwise winds the chrono. But visibly fun to see the both balance wheel from the dial and the sound of ticking sound of 360,000 bhp is simply amazing. It is no longer "ticking" Hope they do the event near you soon, too!
Ken
Hope they do the event near you soon, too!Ken
Thank you for prying that picture
away from MB. I have been wondering how the heck they did this since I first read the print article on it.
It works similarly in principle to the leveraging indicator on a machinist's dial test indicator, from what they have
still left us to figure out. It splits the seconds further using that special pinwheel gear as a leveraging rack of some kind,
allowing angular measurement magnified further to an accurate 1/10th of 1/100th of a second, as I understand it.
How the hands actually meet with levers this setup is what seems to be the "black box" aspect of it he can't yet show.
My interpretation of this may be completely off, but it's fun for once to ponder on a mechanism without being told how it works
Spectacular achievement, though, if it really is accurate- I'd really like to see this within my lifetime as an affordable
complication someday, rather than a one off line. Becoming a new form of accepted and executable complication, as sorts,
so long as MB is given credit for it's inception, much as the tourbillon is used by everyone now but was essentially created
by the company of Breguet. It would be sad to think it shouldn't end that way, it is a very usable complication.
It works similarly in principle to the leveraging indicator on a machinist's dial test indicator, from what they have
still left us to figure out. It splits the seconds further using that special pinwheel gear as a leveraging rack of some kind,
allowing angular measurement magnified further to an accurate 1/10th of 1/100th of a second, as I understand it.
How the hands actually meet with levers this setup is what seems to be the "black box" aspect of it he can't yet show.
My interpretation of this may be completely off, but it's fun for once to ponder on a mechanism without being told how it works
Spectacular achievement, though, if it really is accurate- I'd really like to see this within my lifetime as an affordable
complication someday, rather than a one off line. Becoming a new form of accepted and executable complication, as sorts,
so long as MB is given credit for it's inception, much as the tourbillon is used by everyone now but was essentially created
by the company of Breguet. It would be sad to think it shouldn't end that way, it is a very usable complication.
It will be made public....
.. after the patent has been granted, which is, according to him, 2 years away. I, too, am anxious to know more about the idea!
Thanks!
Ken
Thanks!
Ken
Redundant but Desired
Thanks Ken, Mr Gomila and Mr Hirota for the Interview.
This "impossible" mechanical achievement is completely redundant in modern world of precision electronic timing. Yet, the mere existence of such a true mechanical time-stopper is sufficient to make it highly desirable to the few lucky and affluent collectors of stop-watches who will obtain one.
When, production models are available and the results are reproducible, I am nominating this as a candidate for the PuristSPro Purity Prize.
Regards,
MTF
Yes, it means a LOT..
... to achieve this by the traditional mechanical watch making. Seriously "Purist" approach, indeed!
Ken
Ken
As I'm learning more and more about this piece every day...
I'm learning more and more about the incredible accomplishment this piece has and the 20+ patents involved.
I second that nomination for the PuristSPro Purity Prize.
Thanks for the fabulous report Ken!
I really hope Montblanc makes more than 36 pieces of this 1/1000th sec chronograph, especially in different color variations.
I would absolutely love to see Villeret release a NEW sports watch case which houses this new mechanism. Now that would be rockin' !
Cheers,
Anthony
My pleasure...
... this mechanism in the affordable sports watch line would be awesome. But that may be years away.....
Ken
Ken
What is inside the black box?
Thank you, Ken-san and PuristS.
The “Black box” captured my attention, so I gave some questions to Mr. Gomilla.
MH : Is that a sort of regulator system used in Minutes Repeaters? Bulgari uses very refined regulator system,
which verifies inertia moment with only spring. And Seiko uses precise air regulator for its repeater. I guess you also adopted it in Time Writer II.
BG : Yes, the role is the same, the system also can adjust speed with drive train’s speed. But the construction is not the same as current repeaters.
MH : Do you mean that is not variable inertia regulator and air regulator?
BG : Right. But cannot tell what is inside now.
In theory, it is difficult to carry Bulgari and Seiko`s modern regulator in Time Writer II cause of space and torque.
At least variable inertia regulator needs huge spaces though it has high efficiency.
So we can imagine what is inside the black box? Classical contact-type regulator?
But I could not hear the noise from the regulator…
Regards,
HIROTA, Masayuki "Nika"
Chronos Japan
This message has been edited by HIROTA, Masayuki on 2012-09-01 18:46:33Regulator....
... Thank you, Hirota-san, for your "guess". That "regulator" must eliminate "ticking" of the 1/1000th sec gear (for the "constant" speed). Converting the ticking to smooth constant speed must be some sort of "regulator" or "governor" type, I tend to agree. But, like you said, there was no "spinning" noise...... Or, giving the totally opposite force to the ticking? That must be tough to precisely calculate the acceleration and de-acceleration "g" factor. Or, linked somehow to the 360,000 bph balance wheel spinning back and forth? Mystery! Wish this would be applied to the lower end sports chronograph and that would be blast!
Ken
Ken
thank you for post and reply...
Ken-san,
Yes that’s the real mystery.
No need to accelerate drive train if the black box can give stable rotation on “Mobile de milleme” a.k.a 1/1000th wheel.
But the rotation of 1/1000th wheel is not stable as shown in this figure (that the reason why F.P.Journe could not give exact speed on his 1/100th sec chronograph).
It leaves no doubt that a sort of “regulator" or "governor" controls 1/1000th wheel with UNKNOWN mechanism.
But it may be a great gift from Mr. Gomilla to watch lovers, he left huge room to imagine.
HIROTA
It's very cool...
...to see your video of the Time Writer II running and understand a little bit more about the magical insides of the watch. I'll be really curious to learn more about the 1/1000 homogenization mechanism in the future hopefully.
Thanks for the great post, Ken!
Cheers,
Daos
Thanks for the great post, Ken!
Cheers,
Daos