Förster 106
Description
One of the earliest movements by Förster is the caliber 106 with a diameter of 8 1/2 lignes (officially measured 8 3/4'''), which was used in ladies' watches and features a cylinder escapement.
The non-shock protected balance is beared in four jewels, the cylinder escapement wheel in two and the rest of the gears runs in metal bearings.
On the dial side, you see the familiar rocking bar winding mechanism. Here, the click spring directly works on the mainspring barrel wheel, so, there’s no click.
Förster 106 dial side
Technical data
| Manufacturer: | Förster |
| Caliber: | 106 |
| Size: | 8 1/2''' |
| A/h: | 18000 |
| Number of jewels: | 6 |
| Escapement: | Cylinder |
| Shock protection(s): |
none |
| Balance bearing / direction hairspring: | Clockwise |
| Moveable stud: | no |
| Adjust mechanism: | Long regulator arm |
| Construction: |
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| Winding mechanism: | rocking bar winding system |
| Setting lever spring: | 1 hole(s) |
| References: |
Flume: 1947 98 |
| Mentioning in literature (years): | 1951 |
| Datasheet: |
Furniture catalogue, late 1940s |
Usage gallery
unmarked ladies' watch