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Several principles of investing the collection of new watches: hundred years watches, self-made movement, precious metals and ancillary value, such as limited edition.

Watch is more suitable for collection, rather than investment, the collectors, the top watch more reflects their taste and worth, etc., unless long-term investment, is very difficult to short-term effective.

Investment risk is relatively large new watch, a few years whether the value is the test of your eyesight.

Collection of clocks as an investment, must not wear, to put safe, because the dust contains quartz, gold is easy to scratch the case, once the case has been damaged, it is difficult to appreciate.

Sexy “black widow” struck again. Exciting Lionel Ladoire Black Widow series released the first GMT Mr Green watch earlier this year.

Recently the organization even Couture Time prominent judging panel could not resist the charm of Black Widow, named it the best “Watch Architecture.” Ceremony in the famous Wynn Las Vegas Encore casino ballroom.

Since different kind of asymmetry in the case, a strong sense of an open surface structure, dispersion time instructions and custom strap and clasp, it is easy to understand why the award-winning Black Widow.

Feel like being in the dark and disturbing environment, Mr Green watch is full of chill and suspense of this first chapter in the series: it is a symbol of desire, will lead to extreme reactions, with infinite power of destruction. Lionel Ladoire hi by green, red or white tone with different materials and surface modification to the interpretation of time polishing, they are also the Black Widow series its signature elements of four watches (the other three are Mr Race, Mr Grey and Mr Ice).

Through the hollow structure of the surface showing the distribution of multi-layered portrayal of the movement of centrifuge hours, minutes and seconds indication area, and with the patent show the complexity of ceramic micro-bearing mechanism. In addition, Black Widow series with center pin GMT function indicated by the rapid changes 2 position adjustment button.

As Couture Design Awards as part of June 4 in Las Vegas awards ceremony is the climax of the exhibition Couture Time, which is the only watch American competitions. Reviewers, including Sotheby’s auction clocks Minister John Reardon, Watch Journal of the International Editor Keith Strandberg, senior watch correspondent Roberta Naas, watch collectors and TimeZone.com forum moderator Sam Yukon and celebrities and watch collectors Nick Stellino.

Watch Journal Publisher Glen Bowen emphasized this new and unique importance of the American race: “Watch Journal and founder of Couture Couture Time Jury Prize to recognize today’s top watch manufacturers achievements, let people see that they will get results. award-winning results show that the jury appreciated the outstanding creativity of young Swiss brand. ”

As the trading week in Las Vegas luxury jewelry trade leader, Couture launched with the cooperation of Couture Time Watch Journal project. Couture Time Jewelry line agents to the United States the world’s top jewelry display watch brands. Early June each year, Couture Time will be in Las Vegas Wynn Hotel.

Moon phase function

“The sun is a golden shutle, the moon is a silver shuttle”, the moon phase change on Earth to see the most significant one of two astronomical phenomena, according to the variation of phase of the moon, in its evolved on the basis of China’s ancient the Lunar New Year, Lunar New Year direct agricultural production activities on a huge significance.

Moon phase function in the watch also considered more common, it is speaking, the structure of this function is not complex, that is not a moon phase watch complex institution, but according to a certain number of gear transmission ratio increases and adjustment device only. The dial to open a “half-moon” window, the moon phase disc is usually made of dark blue background, above two symmetrical patterns, two round moon in the middle will be mixed with baby’s breath air. Cooperation with the dial window, with the slow-moving moon phase disc, waxing, full moon and the old moon in turn occurred. The most typical dish of the moon phase is 59 teeth, one tooth per day will be struck so that each group phase of the moon pattern operation cycle was 29.5 days, a symbol of the moon phase cycle. (See photo)

In fact the moon phase cycle of 29.5 days is only an approximation, break the cycle of lunar (synodic month), is 29.53059 days, so generally there will be moon phase watch every 32 months, there will be a day of errors.

Moon phase watch has a case to adjust the side buttons to adjust the instruction error, the easiest reference and adjustment period, they should is full moon, full moon pattern should adjust to the center of the window. The same as the calendar and week calendar, moon phase plate is a one-way rotation, it can not reverse adjustment.

Moon phase function watches, the regarded as an old and traditional functions in antique clocks, pocket watch which is very common. Watch in recent years, more and more applications, and with it the natural price will be higher, nor the moon phase on the watch more than just a fancy features, but also the practical application of significance.

Moon phase is the meaning of:

(1) moon phase and the ocean tides are related, because the role of tides and the moon’s gravity is directly related to, for example, when the full moon will rise in the tide. Tidal changes directly affect people’s lives, like the military, travel, ocean navigation, marine fisheries, aquaculture, marine engineering, science experiments and production activities will be subject to a variety of coastal tidal influence.

(2) because the night sky lighting depends mainly on the moon, so moon phase is active at night when people must be considered, especially in remote desert areas.

(3) and the relationship between certain religious activities, especially Islam, Islam in Ramadan, said.

(4) Elixir of Love’s attention to China since ancient times, month also wanes, and the full moon often represents a successful, smooth and auspicious meaning.

(5) and the body’s physiological and emotional cycle has a cycle of relationships, the human menstrual cycle and lunar phase cycle are surprisingly consistent.

(6) and agricultural production has important links.

(7) and some natural disasters are also the moon phase, or an unknown coincidence, for example, earthquakes, floods, storms, volcanic eruptions.

By the way, the Earth’s latitude, the moon phase in the northern and southern hemispheres look left and right reversed, and this fact is not difficult to understand, if you are in the northern hemisphere, and inverted Nada Ding, see the moon in the southern hemisphere the situation is like the moon face it really “sneak in change.” Currently on the market only a IWC Portuguese watch, moon phase is of a north-south direction. (See photo)

IWC Portuguese moon phase watch

Mechanical pendulum clock’s pendulum

Watches, particularly the use of pendulum to do the kind of oscillator, latitude and altitude accuracy of its travel time is a certain effect. For accuracy in terms of clocks, many factors can affect it, the first is the relatively large temperature changes. As long as there is no winding watch, any use of hammer-powered, there is also a benefit, it is because there is no elastic element spring, so it does not produce torque gap, again, especially the larger clocks, it can only placed on the desktop or on the ground, there is no position change due to the adverse impact it brought.

The only remaining temperature changes, temperature changes cause the pendulum clocks also changed the focus, as well as the length of the pendulum, and the results will lead to oscillation cycle. So many of the pendulum of the pendulum are made of wood, wood with metal material than the expansion or contraction coefficient is smaller, the bad side is that moisture can affect it, so be sure to use a good wood to make.

The impact is different latitude regions, suffered the same objects gravity is different, so the acceleration of gravity g is different in the low-latitude regions, the object will increase the centrifugal force and gravity reduced, this will lead to clocks go slower; opposite In the high-latitude regions, watches go faster.

Research results show that not simply use the pendulum clocks, even the use of the balance spring for watches (watches), but also how much has this case, only minimal impact on it, and it’s impact will be overshadowed by other factors more .

I saw produced in Yantai in manual mechanical pendulum clock, also referred to the impact of latitude on the clock, the precision of efficacy when the factory is carried out at the local latitude, watch sales to the south or north, because of the latitude to change, so Watch also the case according to the accuracy of travel time, reinforcing the repair.

The impact of similar latitude, altitude, higher altitudes, the impact of travel time on the clock with the same time in the low latitudes, but in addition, there is a high altitude air density of the pendulum movement.

China is a vast country, almost alone on the faster across latitude 50 degrees, and there is China’s topography is from west to east, there are magical days of road leading to the Tibetan Plateau. So, like mechanical seat, hanging and floor clock, after the purchase must know the truth, according to their home location (latitude and altitude), and then do a fine adjustment, adjustment is not too much. Adjustment principle is: put the following rotation of the screw, as rotating clockwise, the pendulum rising bell will go fast; as a counter-clockwise rotating, the pendulum down, clock will go slower.

“Beauty shake” antique mechanical clock

ROLEX 1602 movement

Everything should pay attention to drawing a line drawing outline, it is to have a benchmark to judge, not into the surrounding area did not rule it, watch is also true. Watch escapement system is actually the escape wheel centerline, escapement fork and swing axle eye connection, in normal circumstances, escape wheel, escapement wheel fork and put the eye are in a straight line, unless escapement fork body is distorted (for example, the extraordinary form FL253 movement).

Escapement system centerline, perhaps even heard of the term a lot of professional people, and sometimes fine analysis of them, the center line of the escapement system is also very important, it is because: (1) It is the balance spring in the absence of transmission impulse moment , static equilibrium position, the disc nail (nail impact) are bound in this line, unless it would deviate from the deflection; (2) it is observed and to determine whether the deflection of the balance wheel one way, at least in small alarm clock would not think so; (3) escapement cross on the body are also on this line, observe the fork body left and right sides of the nail away from the limit, but also watch to determine whether the deflection. In addition, the deflection for the correction, to determine the correct direction of adjustment, can also help.

Watch the wheels have two gaps in the axis of the eyes: axial clearance and radial clearance, clearance of these requirements and very strict control, in which torque transmission and radial clearance in the vertical position of the watch, it will demonstrate its the size of the effect. When the watch is in a vertical position, there will be parts of their own quality and its additional effects of gravity, in particular, the escapement wheel, escapement wheel fork and put the eye of the radial clearance to stack together, they interact, considering them , is more complex the.

Relative to the vertical standing position can be decomposed into two extreme positions, the center line of the escapement system is concerned, if it is vertical (or near vertical), with minimal impact on the movement when walking up to the lock value is the point of impact or insurance gap It also minimal, almost no consideration.

If it is horizontal (or nearly level), the greatest impact on the movement when walking, this is the escapement fork it is not balanced, some or nickel material, the size is relatively large, so is the emphasis on the (small-size, steel and polished fork escapement fork is much better). If the test instrument calibration, in the horizontal center line of the escapement system has two positions, a difference of 180 degrees between them, were to be tested, these two positions there will be differences in the degree deflection, is certainly a large side point, the other side of a small point, this is part of the gravity and radial clearance reasons.

If you want to watch travel time reliability study, proposals should be placed in a watch escapement system vertical centerline in the horizontal direction, although it is not the standard to be on the left or to the next location.

Things are similar sinusoidal variation, static balance position as a reference point (origin), that’s a watch of the “Paradise” theory in this position, the balance wheel vibration interference from external factors, except when not resistance force. When the watch is shut down, they shut down, including failure resulting from the first cross on the body to observe whether the escapement escapement department at the center line, or observe the escapement tooth edge is stopped before the punch in the face or lock fork tile surface position, This is very important for judging the cause of the malfunction. In the end is a gear transmission, escapement or balance wheel spring issue, to see this again.

OMEGA 1110 movement