Uhrwerke – Eine Leidenschaft
Albert Henry Potter, a name that makes passionate watch collectors listen up. After all, he was considered one of the best watchmakers of his time. A universal watchmaking genius who not only produced watches of highest quality, but also tried to make affordable watches for everyone. It is the latter that we will be discussing here, pocket watches from the Charmilles brand.
Some time ago, I presented the large Junghans triple-circuit laboratory stopwatches. This time, I’m talking about their little sisters in pocket watch format with the Junghans J28 movement. The triple-circuit dial of this watch is so distinctive that you’ll recognize it at first glance.
Collectors of vintage wristwatches occasionally come across movements marked Robot-Automatic. The interesting thing about this is that an automatic module is mounted on base movements from different manufacturers.
In the first part of this article, we looked at the history of the Swedish company Halda, which produced pocket watches from 1887 and developed its own movements. In the second part, we will now take a look at these movements.
Sweden is not one of the countries that springs to mind when you think of manufactures of pocket watches and movements. Until recently, I had never heard of it either. Here we take a look at a chapter in watch history that is as exciting as it is exotic.
The three-circle stopwatches produced by Junghans since the 1950s in the format of a pocket watch are well-known design classics. However, Junghans also produced large laboratory stopwatches with a three-circle display.