Longines in Basel will present its Longines Column-Wheel Chronograph, the first model home to the new movement known as ETA A08.231. With a column wheel, the system will trigger the most accurate and effective, this class is a first for ETA, which had never made such chronograph according to its director, Pierre-André Bühler. Technically, the caliber ETA A08.231 was equipped with a wheel to the particular column, since its teeth are asymmetrical. On the version of the model Longines, it was tinted blue to make it more visible. Side of the exhaust, a fine-tuning of the raquetterie enables effective compensation for the effect Caspari, ie to control the elastic deformation of spring. From an aesthetic point of view, the engineers worked to stage the escape wheel and column, is both the most moving and dramatic with a caliber like this. For this, the upper decks were cut to create wells clearly reveal these mechanisms. This class should also take place in models and Tiffany Hamilton.
Second novelty, the caliber ETA C01.211 ultimately will be found in models Tissot and Swatch. In his presentation, Nick Hayek, CEO of Swatch Group, did not fail to recall that "the low and midrange are the pillars on which the group is based." This new movement embodies this strategic interest in paving the way for the arrival of cheap watches housing movements in both techniques, innovative, and feasible in large series. Indeed, C01.211 is as simplified mechanical chronograph whose entire production and assembly have been streamlined and automated to the maximum. Starting with the base plate, for example, which has only one level but generally there are several. The advantage of this choice: a production easier and faster. In the same vein, the second part of the deck is made of a synthetic material injected. As for the exhaust, it is also produced in this type of material which had the advantage in this case, offering lightness and antimagnetic. Finally, size has only 184 components, a small figure compared to other chronographs movements.
With these two innovations, the Swatch Group states its willingness to register as a creator of sizes, not only as a manufacturer. In addition, as at the time of launching the Swatch, the emphasis was clearly placed on maximum simplification of mechanisms, a strategy evident in the case of C01.211.
After the era of quartz was emerging a new generation of mechanical low-cost that would serve to strengthen these core layers are low and the midrange. Given the plummeting sales at the high end, this focus on a policy of volumes based on a technology is not without interest.
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πλαστικα τμηματα ...λιγα κινητα μερη....αχ που σαι 5100 να δεις ιδεες που δινεις....
να χε και κεντρικα λεπτα χρονογραφου!
