The movement archive - the original since 1997

A large number of samples of the movement production heyday, the 20th century, is displayed here. Currenty, 1337 movements from 184 manufacturers wait for your discovery, and their number steadily increases week by week. 947 movements are described in own, mostly very detailled articles.
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Recent additions

09.02.2025
17jewels.info - The Movement Archive: Certina 260

Certina 260

From the 1940s dates this beautiful swiss Lepine pocket watch movement from Certina.

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02.02.2025
17jewels.info - The Movement Archive: Poljot 2209

Poljot 2209

With a height of only 2.9mm, this ultra flat russian windup movement with its odd construction is really fascinating.

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26.01.2025
17jewels.info - The Movement Archive: Chaika 3050 KR

Chaika 3050 KR

The first quartz movement with analog time indication from russia. This time, there are even videos in the article.

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19.01.2025
17jewels.info - The Movement Archive: Kirovskie Type 1

Kirovskie Type 1

Based on an american caliber, this first russian pocket- and wristwatch caliber was produced from the 1930s on.

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12.01.2025
17jewels.info - The Movement Archive: Ronda 1217

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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05.01.2025
17jewels.info - The Movement Archive: IWC 53 H6.5

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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29.12.2024
17jewels.info - The Movement Archive: DuRoWe 55

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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22.12.2024
17jewels.info - The Movement Archive: Oris 442 KIF

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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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 1337 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!