Shock Resistance in Mechanical Watches
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- Cameron Weiss, master watchmaker and founder of family-owned Weiss Watch Company, dives into watchmaking in this new series.
This episode Cameron Weiss discusses what shock resistance means in a modern mechanical watch. Older watch pocket watch movements lack shock resistance features while more modern mechanical movements for wristwatches use inventions such as Incabloc or Kif shock protection. Learn what it means and how it all works in this episode.
Directed, shot, edited by Andrew Reed at the Weiss Watch Company workshop in Nashville, TN. weisswatchcomp... #watchmaker #watch #watchrepair #watchmaking #craftsman
This is something that bother the heck out of me. Riding motorcycles or shooting high caliber firearms or pounding away with the hammer are all things I refuse to do with my mechanicals. I have seen the word Incabloc on my watches! Diashock as well. Never knew how they worked! Pocket watch watches have always looked beautiful but I never knew they had this fatal flaw! Thanks Cameron!
Love your videos! Thank you for making and sharing them!
How did you become a watchmaker as a young person? Did you get an apprenticeship?
Would you recommend it as a career?
Great video again! Love the history😊
I figure the rotor in an automatic watch needs anti-shock mechanisms too. It's necessarily heavy, and what happens when the watch is dropped, shocking the rotor in one of the six directions? My speculations:
1. Dropped dial up or down: The rotor's heavier outer part is connected to the central pivot through a flexible section, often pierced. This allows the outer part to hit the case or plate before the pivot or its bearing is overloaded. (Note that the "flexible" section's thinness & piercing moves the rotor's center of gravity further out for more mechanical advantage for winding, and the piercing or skeletonizing can let you see more of the movement when the watch has an exhibition caseback.)
2. Dropped crown up, down, left, or right when the rotor is in a position to rotate: Will wind the mainspring, but what if the mainspring is already fully wound and won't move? This could break something in between the rotor and the mainspring. So the mainspring's outer end isn't solidly attached and it can slide in the barrel I.D. if the torque is greater than what's needed for a full wind. This also solves the problem of playing tennis when the mainspring is fully wound.
3. Dropped crown up, down, left, or right with the rotor straight "up" or "down," not in a position to rotate: Apparently it's OK to make the pivot and its bearing large enough to take this load, unlike the escapement's balance that needs much less friction in its pivots. One solution is a large diameter ball bearing with just a few balls, such as five.
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How about the classic cartoon of a construction worker using a jackhammer, where the hammer stays stationary and the worker vibrates instead.😂 Lol
If you've ever used a Sawzall, a fein, or anything like that, then you know its true! The blades can bind and send all the vibrations into the user. Lol I can't imagine what that does to a mechanical watch.