Rather than individual watch movements, the following pages bring together examples of the evolution of a certain aspect of watch movements over time, or compare different technical solutions.
This is a work in progress, I will try to add more themes over time.
- Automatic movements – on this page, we have a look at the historical development of automatic wristwatches with deconstructed vintage movements.
- Centre seconds – it is quite a late development and can be done in a few different ways that affect the layout of the movement components.
- Comparison of an ETA 2824 vs 2892 – a side-by-side comparison of (clones of) the two ETA workhorses with exactly the same functions
- Micro-rotor movement – a comparison of vintage and modern movements with micro-rotor
- Setting mechanisms – a look at the evolution of the mechanism from pocket watches with keys to the modern crown and stem system.
- Types of escapements – starting from antique pocket watch escapements to the more recent mainstream ones.
- Ultra-thin movements – a look at the design of movements under 3mm