Henry looked at the watch in his hand with a surprised expression and muttered,"This is the first time I've seen a real wristwatch.”
The watch master Henry was no stranger to a tourmaline.
This was because they already had this tourbrelon.
The tourmaline was a clock speed regulation device invented by the Swiss watch master, Mr. Louis Breguet, in 1795. The name had the meaning of " vortex ". It originated from the French mathematician Descartes 'term used to describe the revolution of planets around the sun. When used in the watch industry, it referred to mechanical watches equipped with a " rotating escapement speed regulation mechanism."
Simply put, the tourbellion mechanism was used to correct the errors caused by gravity on the watch mechanism.
It had to be said that the tourmaline watch represented the highest level of mechanical watch manufacturing technology. The entire escapement speed regulation mechanism was combined and could rotate at a certain speed, so that it minimized the impact of gravity on the escapement system in the mechanical watch and improved the accuracy of the time.
Due to its unique way of operation, the dynamic artistic beauty of the clock has been brought to the peak, and it has always been known as the "king of watches."
Seeing that Henry recognized the tourbus, Su Zheng said,"That's right, this is a tourbellion watch. Mr. Henry, you have good eyesight.”
Prior to 1980, the technology of the tourmaline was very advanced and complicated.
Because of the exquisite and complex nature of the tourbrelon, only 250 watchmakers were able to assemble the tourbrelon movement in the 180 years from 1801 to 1980. Among these 250 watchmakers, only 650 pieces of the tourbrelon were made, which meant 650 watches.
Therefore, before 1980, the tourmaline watch was very precious.
Of course, after entering the year 2000, watchmaking technology, craftsmanship, and equipment continued to improve, and the tourmaline was no longer precious.
By 2022, a few hundred yuan would be enough to buy a wristwatch.
It was worthless.
However, in front of Henry, it was simply like holding a piece of art.
Henry said excitedly,""I was ignorant. It turns out that such an exquisite tourballon watch already exists in the watchmaking industry.”
As he spoke, Henry took out his binoculars and carefully observed the watch.
For ordinary mechanical watches, because the hairspring in the escapement system would be affected by tightness and metal fatigue, the law of the balance wheel swing would also be affected by gravity, so the large error was used to correct the error and improve the accuracy.
The bidding for the tourmaline was to place the escapement mechanism at the core of the watch in a frame, so that the frame rotated 360 degrees around the axis of the balance wheel.
As a result, the original escapement mechanism was fixed, so when the position of the watch changed, the escapement mechanism remained unchanged, resulting in different forces on the escapement parts and resulting in errors. When the escapement mechanism rotated 360 degrees continuously, it would combine the positioning errors of the parts and cancel each other out, thus reducing the error to the greatest extent.
It had to be said that the tourmaline watch represented the highest level of mechanical watch manufacturing technology.
Even a master horologist like Henry couldn't make a tourbon.
In fact.
According to the development of history, until 1930, Edouard-Belin of the Besan?on Watchmaking School in France used the movement of the French watchmaker Lip to complete the prototype of a tourballon watch movement. This was the first tourballon watch in the history of horology.
However, it did not have the meaning of mass production.
It was not until 1947 that Omega launched the first Swiss-made wristwatch in history, the 30I Tournaments Steel Watch. This time, the wristwatch Tournaments movement was mass-produced.
It was now 1923. Although the device of the tourbrelon had appeared, due to the level of manufacturing and craftsmanship, there had not been any tourbrelon watches.
The principle of the tourbrelon watch seemed very simple, but it was very difficult to manufacture. One of the reasons was that the weight of the cage and the tourbrelon could not exceed 0.3 grams or 0.013 ounces, which was equivalent to the weight of a swan feather or two parrot feathers.
Another reason was that due to the technical reasons, the tourmaline was made up of 72 delicate components, and most of the delicate components could only be made by hand!
It was obvious how shocked Henry was when Su Zheng took out a few hundred yuan worth of tourmaline watch.
Henry held the binoculars. Through the hollowed-out watch dial, he could see the movements of the tourbellion and the movements of the mechanical watch parts.
This was too shocking.
He was so shocked that it was difficult to add to his shock.
After all, this hollowed out dial was very incredible, and it gave people a very cool feeling.
In this era, no one could do it.
It was too shocking.
The impact refreshed the knowledge and professionalism of the Swiss watch master Henry.
It was simply a work of art.
Such an exquisite watch would definitely fetch a high price. It could probably be exchanged for a few warships.
"Sir, your water!" A beautiful salesgirl brought a glass of water to Su Zheng.
Su Zheng took the glass of water and took the watch from Henry at the same time, throwing it into the glass.
Plop...
The watch was like water.
Henry was stunned.
He was dumbfounded!
He was dumbfounded.
A moment later, Henry came back to his senses and shouted angrily,""Sir, what are you doing? Was he crazy? You're destroying a work of art.”
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