Ebosa 681

 
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Ebosa 681

Description

The large 13 1/2 ligne Ebosa 681 offers with its day and date indication the maximum of what you could expect from a Roskopf pin lever movement.

Ebosa 681: base plate

base plate

In terms of quality, there’s no need to hide, all bearings, except those for the center seconds axle and the second wheel are equipped with rubies. Additionally, two cap jewels and on the dial side, for ruby plates for bearing the date disc are used, and so, the enormous and advertizable number of 21 jewels was achieved.

Ebosa 681: gear train

gear train

Usually, Roskopf movements have one transmission step less, compared with traditional lever movements. The Ebosa 681 is different, here, the mainspring barrel is followed by four wheels: Second wheel, third wheel, seconds wheel and lever wheel. The center second pinion is driven indirectly by the third wheel.

Because of this construction, the usual beating rate of 18000 A/h was used. Standard Roskopf movement usually beat a little lower with 17280 A/h.

Ebosa 681: side view of the gear train

side view of the gear train

The flat three-leg anular balance is beared in two Novodiac shock protections. This is unusual, too, for a Roskopf construction, because they usually lack a shock protection for cost reasons.

Ebosa 681: mainspring barrel

mainspring barrel

The mainspring barrel is typical for a Roskopf movement: Its upper gear (silver colored) is mounted with a slipping clutch and drives the hands on the dial side. But there’s an exception here, too: Only the cannon pinion is driven, not the hour wheel. For this, a conventional changer wheel is used.

Ebosa 681: ratchet

ratchet

The ratched, which is located on the movement side below the ratchet wheel is a pretty genious construction, which consists of only one part, a flat ratchet, which is also its spring. Since it is located below the ratchet wheel, it cannot come out of its position and lose intervention.

Ebosa 681: yet empty dial side

yet empty dial side

On the yet empty dial side, you can see the yoke winding system, which is also a very efficient construction. There’s only one single part used, a yoke, which is at the same time its setting lever spring.

As common on Roskopf movements, the hands setting wheel does not engage with the cannon pinion, but with the top gear of the mainspring barrel, which drives, as described above, the cannon pinion.

Additionally, the triangular Novodiac shock protection can be seen at position 6:30, as well, as the two lever pins.

Ebosa 681: with mounted date setting wheel

with mounted date setting wheel

The date setting wheel is driven by the hour wheel. It has got a fixed finger for switching the weekday back and forth, as well, as a moveable finger to advance the date. By setting the time back to 20h and forth, the date can be corrected semi-fast.

Ebosa 681: date mechanism with weekday wheel

date mechanism with weekday wheel

The fixed, rounded finger of the switching wheel engages with the star wheel of the weekday indication. This one has got seven indendations, one for each weekday. So, it is also clear, that the weekday disc has got only one single language.

Ebosa 681: module plate date ring

module plate date ring

The date ring is beared on an own module plate and (probably to achieve a higher number of jewels on the dial, and not for technical reasons) on four rubies.

The module is mounted on the dial site with two screws.

Ebosa 681: mechanism date indication

mechanism date indication

The date is held on position with a pawl-spring combination. The usage of the second spring (a 6 o’clock) is not known, since it does not engage with the star wheel for the weekday indication, which is either way always correctly positioned.

Ebosa 681: closed date mechanism

closed date mechanism

The date module plate is closed with a cap plate and so the springs cannot fly away.

Ebosa 681: Ebosa 681: Dial side

Ebosa 681: Dial side

The weekday has got only two positions, but on the intermediate positions, the weekday is printed a second time, problably to avoid displaying an empty weekday during the switch, which takes some time.

The connection with the star wheel is done by three flexible bulges, not really high-end but economic.

Technical data

Manufacturer:Ebosa
Caliber:681
Size:13 1/2''' (measured: 30,6mm)
A/h:18000
lift angle:55°
Number of jewels:21
Escapement:Pin lever
Balance types: Nickel anular balance
Shock protection(s): Novodiac
Balance bearing / direction hairspring:Counterclockwise
Moveable stud:yes
Adjust mechanism:Hairspring key
Construction:
  • lever
  • escape wheel, seconds wheel, center second pinion, third wheel, large driving wheel, mainspring barrel
Construction type:pillar construction
Winding mechanism:yoke winding system
Features:
  • SCD (direct center seconds)
  • QG (date indication (aperture))
  • JG (weekday indication (aperture))
  • RDR (date corrector)
Inventory number:19030

Usage gallery

Ebosa 681: Cronel gents watch

Cronel gents watch

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