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Will The IsoSpring Steal Away The Tick-Tick-Tick Of Your Wrist Watch?
It seems that 2014 is the year of announcements for revolutionizing the wrist watch as we know it. Some of these claims will take time to prove (read: smartwatches), but others do seem to be truly reinventing bits and pieces of the movements that make up the mechanical wonders that we know and love. We brought you word of the first change here?(with the Genequand system concerning?the balance wheel), and today we have word of a replacement for the venerable escapement-the IsoSpring.As you may likely?be aware, the ticking noise you hear your watch making comes from the interaction of the escapement, more specifically, the repeated contact between the pallet fork and the escape wheel. Every time the balance wheel changes direction, the whole thing comes to a (temporary) stop, and then starts back up again once the balance wheel is in motion. Obviously, this stopping and starting is not the most efficient use of the energy stored in the barrel.
Traser H3 Officer Pro Watch Review
Traser H3 watches are known to most enthusiasts for their use of tritium tube illumination. This connection is a natural fit as Traser is a subsidiary of MB-Microtec, the very company that developed the illumination technology that we see used in their watches. Traser calls their specific version of this technology?Trigalight? and it can be seen in use on all of their watches, including the Officer Pro model seen here.The Officer Pro is a good example of what Traser does with watch design. They take a successful, relate-able and practical platform (such as a diver or in this case, a field watch) and install a full compliment of their glowing glass tubes. The Officer Pro measures 42 by 10.5 mm in steel with a black PVD treatment and a lug to lug length of 49.5 mm. The crystal is regrettably of the mineral variety, but the water resistance is a weekend-ready 100 meters, and the total weight on the included nylon (G10/NATO) strap is just 65g.