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Will The Genequand System Regulator Disrupt The Traditional Balance Wheel? 30 Days Of Power Reserve With Traditional Mainspring
An announcement like this often flies under the radar, until a major watch brands sexes it up with a fancy announcement and by placing it into a new timepiece – but this news is very much worth knowing about. Say hello to what may be a rare oddity or common name in watchmaking in the near future: The Genequand System. It is a new type of balance wheel and escapement system for mechanical watches which promises to lengthen the power reserve of a traditional watch to a month or longer without any changes to the mainspring. That is compared to the 2-3 days of power per single mainspring barrel currently available with most standard mechanical watches. Apparently, it took over 10 years to even get into a working watch movement prototype.Hermes-controlled Vaucher (a Swiss company that produces watch movements) and CSEM (a scientific company dedicated to Swiss micro technology and applied research) worked together in order to produce a working prototype of the Genequand System, which i
Watch Review: Girard-Perregaux Laureato Absolute Light Watch
There is one thing I know for certain at this point: Sapphire crystal is a very compelling material as a wristwatch case. Today, I review a watch that features this concept - the Girard-Perregaux Laureato Absolute Light. It is a limited edition of 88 pieces and takes the sporty Girard-Perregaux Laureato Absolute case and renders it in mostly sapphire crystal with elements of titanium. It’s cool-looking, not entirely impractical, and priced for high-end audiences only. Let’s take a closer look.Synthetic sapphire crystal made a serious debut in wristwatches in the 1980s as a material used for the crystal over watch dials. Synthetic sapphire is hard, clear, very scratch-resistant, and practical to machine for wristwatch crystal uses. While natural and synthetic sapphire are more or less chemically the same, synthetic sapphire is preferred because it can be grown in the right sizes, with the right colors and clarity. So when “sapphire” is used in most wrist watch ap