The movement archive - the original since 1997
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unknown 11 1/2 ligne pallet lever movement
This well made pallet lever movement with 15 jewels could not be identified.
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Amida 425
One of the better Roskopf-type pin lever movements. With 17 jewels and a yoke keyless works, it partially even catches up with "real" pallet lever movements.
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AM 630
With a length 24.5mm is this 6 3/4 ligne form movement pretty large. It also impresses by its beautifully slanted gear train bridge.
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Eppler 17
Until the 1980s, this simple 10 1/2 pin lever movement from Germany was made in large quantities.
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Brac 2051
Tiny form movements with pin lever escapement, like this Brac 2051, are pretty unusual, especially, when they use a unique inhouse shock protection.
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Timex M24
For decades, this simple pin lever movement powered simple ladies' and gents watches from Timex. It was available with and without center seconds indication.
more....About the movement archive
In the past, especially between 1930 and 1980 more than 10.000 different movements were made, some in a million copies. The advent of the quartz watch in the 1970 terminated that impressive series, and the greatest part of those movements has not existed for a long time.
The movement archive on 17jewels.info, whose origins date back to the year 1997 (under a different name), should counteract further oblivion and show how diverse mechanical movements once were.
Of course it can never show the complete stock of all movements ever made, nevertheless, almost every week, new movements are archived and shown with detailed articles. Currently, more than 1279 different movements found their way into the archive and are at at least virtually accessible to posterity.
You can directly access the movement by the “movements” menu.
Besides the movements there are other pages, which complement the topic “mechanical watches”, such as a collection of Timex watches, some loose articles in the Magazine and Knowledge sections, a few datasheets and some other workbench related articles.
The archive lives from permanently acquiring yet unarchived movements, to catalogue and put them online. Who wants to support it with a small dontion, can get a “supporters” page as thanks.
Have fun exploring the world of mechanical movements!