Uhrwerke – Eine Leidenschaft
Movements with a power reserve of more than one or two days were rather unusual in pocket watches and wristwatches for a long time. Their wearers were accustomed to winding their watches every day. Of course, there have always been exceptions, such as movements with multiple barrels or Hebdomas watches. Another exception is watches that were used when traveling or in cars or airplanes.
Uwersi, or Vereinigte Uhrenfabriken Ersingen (VUFE), was a manufacturer of watch movements and watches that was also one of the pioneers in the development of electric wristwatches.
Some time ago, I presented a pocket watch with dead beat seconds. Today I’m going to talk about a movement for wristwatches with this complication, the Chézard 116. Unfortunately, I can’t present a wristwatch with this movement, but I can present the following fob watch, a Dugena Saltofix, which is attached to workwear with a safety pin.
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.
