The movement archive - the original since 1997
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Recent additions
Molnija ChK-6
The predecessor of the well-known Molnija 3602 is the beautiful caliber ChK-6 from the 1950s, which was made in the Chelyabinsk factory.
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China 2650G
The timegrapher performance of this simple chinese skeleton movement is more than astonishing!
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ESA 963.126
One of the last movements, produced by FHF was the ESA 963.126, a modern quartz movement with day-date indication from the early 1980s.
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Timex M116
On the latest Timex movements, a pin lever windup caliber with 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 1323 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!