The movement archive - the original since 1997
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Ronda 1217
Nonimal 12 lignes, but real 11 1/2 lignes is the diameter of this swiss pin lever movement with day-date indication.
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IWC 53 H6.5
A very high quality savonette caliber with an elaborate swan neck- and snail regulation and four chatons.
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DuRoWe 55
In the early 1950s, form movements for ladies' watches were a little bit larger, and from that time is the german DuRoWe 55.
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Oris 442 KIF
Although it is a pin lever movement, it is very well made with 17 jewels and a KIF shock protection.
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Eterna 175
This movement has not only the unusual size of 10 lignes, but also a number of transparent bearing jewels.
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AS 475
This rectangular form movement for high quality ladies' watches dates from the 1920s!
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Poljot 2602
This version of the "Pobjeda" caliber was made by the First Moscow Watch Factory and bases on the Lip R-26.
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 1332 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!