Interactive movements
Working models made for the Friday Movement pieces. Start them, slow them down, switch things off — and see what the machinery beneath the dial actually does.
Set a time, then hear and follow how hours become low notes, quarters become pairs, and the remaining minutes become high notes.
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The two polished hammers are visible on the left of the dial. Only slender arcs of the surrounding gongs can be seen, yet they produce the watch's two voices. Photograph: Patek Philippe .
Move the watch and follow the energy from the rotor through the reverser and gear train into the mainspring.
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Mass is concentrated along the rotor's outer arc, allowing it to turn relative to the movement even when the case moves only slightly. Photo: Grand Seiko , background removed.
Drop the same watch with rigid and cushioned internal mounting, then compare how much of the load reaches the module.
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The classic square G-Shock form resting on an early technical drawing. Photo: Casio .
Choose a city and see how the city ring and the twenty-four-hour day–night disc turn into position.
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The twenty-four city names, the day and night disc, and the engraved world map. Photo: Frederique Constant (frederiqueconstant.com).
Slow the movement down and see, step by step, how the pallet fork locks and releases the escape wheel.
Read the full pieceFollow the energy from the mainspring to the glide wheel, then disable regulation to see what the Tri-Synchro Regulator actually does.
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The 9R Spring Drive caliber: at the end of the gear train, the glide wheel, in place of an escapement. Photo: Grand Seiko (grand-seiko.com)
Start the chronograph and watch a single wheel coordinate its levers in one precise sequence.
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The Zenith El Primero calibre 400. The coupling lever's beak rests on the ring of pillars from the right. Highlight added by Lume. Photo: Monochrome Watches (monochrome-watches.com)
