People in the Republic of China: Rising from the Fall

Henry looked at the tourbillon watch in his hand, his expression was surprised, and he muttered in his mouth: “This is the first time I have seen a real tourbillon watch.” ”

Tourbillons, which are no stranger to the master watchmaker Henry.

Because this tourbillon already exists.

The tourbillon is a clock speed control device invented by the Swiss watchmaker Mr. Louis Breguet in 1795, the name has the meaning of “whirlpool”, derived from the French mathematician Descartes used to describe the planet’s orbit around the sun, used in the watch world to refer to mechanical watches equipped with “rotating escapement speed control mechanism”.

Simply put, the tourbillon mechanism is to correct the error caused by gravity on the clock parts.

It has to be said that the tourbillon watch represents the highest level in the mechanical watch manufacturing process, the entire escapement speed regulation mechanism is combined together and can be rotated, and it rotates continuously at a certain speed, so that it minimizes the influence of gravity on the “escapement system” in the mechanical watch and improves the timing accuracy.

Because of its unique way of running, it has brought the dynamic artistic beauty of clocks and watches to the pinnacle, and has always been known as the “king of the watch”.

Seeing that Henry knew the tourbillon, Su Zheng also said: “Yes, this is a tourbillon watch, Mr. Henry’s good eyesight.” ”

Before 1980, tourbillons were very advanced and complex technologies.

Because the tourbillon is so exquisite and complex, in the 180 years from 1801 to 1980, only 250 watchmakers could complete the assembly of the tourbillon movement, and of these 250 people, 650 tourbillon works were made – that is, 650 watches.

So before 1980, tourbillon watches were very precious.

Of course, after entering the 2000, watchmaking technology and craftsmanship and equipment continue to improve, and the tourbillon is no longer precious.

By 2022, you can buy a tourbillon watch for a few hundred dollars.

Not worth much.

But now in front of Henry, it was like holding a work of art.

Henry said excitedly: “I am lonely, it turns out that the watchmaking industry already has such a delicate tourbillon watch.” ”

With that, Henry took out his telescope and carefully studied the tourbillon watch.

Ordinary mechanical watch, because the hairspring in the escapement system will be affected by tightness, metal fatigue, and the law of balance wheel swing will also be affected by gravity, so the error is larger… The tourbillon escapement speed control device is used to correct errors and improve the accuracy of running time.

The bid for the tourbillon is to place the escapement at the core of the watch within a frame that rotates regularly 360 degrees around the axis, that is, the axis of the balance wheel.

In this way, the original escapement mechanism is fixed, so when the table shelving position changes, the escapement mechanism remains unchanged, resulting in different forces on the escapement parts and errors; When the escapement rotates 360 degrees, the bearing errors of the parts are synthesized and canceled out by each other, thereby minimizing the errors.

It has to be said that the tourbillon watch represents the highest level in the mechanical watch manufacturing process.

A master watchman like Henry could not make a tourbillon.

In fact.

If you follow the historical development, until 1930, the French Besançon Watchmaking School Edouard-Belin used the movement of the French watchmaker Lip to complete a prototype of the tourbillon movement, which is the first tourbillon watch in the history of timepieces.

However, it does not have the significance of mass production.

It was not until 1947 that Omega launched the first Swiss-made tourbillon watch in history – the 30I tourbillon steel watch, and this time the wristwatch tourbillon movement achieved a small mass production.

It is now 1923, and although the tourbillon device has appeared, because of the manufacturing level and craftsmanship, there has not been a tourbillon watch.

Tourbillon watches seem simple in principle, but one of the reasons why they are difficult to manufacture is that the weight of the “cage” and the tourbillon cannot exceed 0.3 grams or 0.013 ounces – equivalent to the weight of a swan feather or the weight of two parrot feathers.

Another reason is that, because of the technology, the tourbillon consists of 72 fine components, most of which can only be made by hand!

It can be seen that the tourbillon watch that Sue is taking out for hundreds of dollars has shocked Henry.

Henry holds the telescope, and through the skeletonized watch dial, he can see the oscillation of the tourbillon inside, as well as the oscillation of the mechanical watch parts.

It’s shocking.

The shock is hard to repeat.

After all, this skeleton dial is very incredible, and the feeling is also very cool.

Watchmaking technology in this day and age… No one can do it.

It was shocking.

The shock refreshed the cognition and professionalism of the Swiss watch master Henry.

It’s a work of art.

Such a delicate tourbillon watch will definitely sell for a lot of price, and it is estimated that it can be exchanged for several warships.

“Sir, your water!” A beautiful sales lady brought a glass of water to Su Zheng.

Sue was taking the cup and at the same time took the watch from Henry’s hand and threw it directly into the cup.

Poof…

Watches are like water.

Such a move immediately confused Henry.

Dumbfounded!

Amazed.

After a moment, Henry returned to his senses, jumped and roared with excitement: “Sir, what are you doing here?” Crazy, right? You’re destroying a work of art. ”

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