Ronda 1175

 
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Ronda 1175

Description

Around 1975, Ronda launched their second generation of quartz movements, to which the caliber 1175 belongs, which is presented here.

Ronda 1175: Ronda 1175

Ronda 1175

Except a few details, it is still today state of the art, so you can say, that Ronda successfully finished the development of quartz movements in the mid 1975ies.

Ronda 1175: base plate

base plate

The base plate is already massive and has got a large diameter, which is due to the electronics parts, which were larger and more power consuming at that time, and additionally, this movement required two batteries in parallel for a longer run time.

The setting lever spring on the movement side steers the hacking lever. When the crown is pulled, it blocks the gears, but does not disconnect the power.

Ronda 1175: gear train

gear train

The gear train is still visually appealing with “true” gears. Except the rotor, which is ruby-beared on both side, the gears are only ruby-beared on the movement side, while their pivots on the dial side are beared in metal bearings.

Ronda 1175: side view of the gear train

side view of the gear train

The transmission wheel between rotor and seconds wheel is thicker than the others.

Ronda 1175: below the electronics plate

below the electronics plate

The electronics board shows, that Ronda finished the development of the quartz watch already by 1975. On the main plate, there’s on ly the IC, a tuning fork quartz and an adjustable capcitor. Only the quarz (32768 Hz) is a bit ticker than todays’s quarz' , but even the shape is the same.

Ronda 1175: Ronda 1175 dial side

Ronda 1175 dial side

On the dial side there’s the plastic date ring and the Ronda-typical, slowly advancing date mechanism with switching star and covered quickset mechanism. This works pretty unusual: By turning the time backwards, the date is advanced!

Ronda 1175: date quickset mechanism

date quickset mechanism

The quickset mechanism uses a swimming switching star, which is connected by an intermediate wheel (at 11 o’clock). Depending on the rotation direction, it interferes with the date ring or moves away from it. Its upper axle is pushed towards the date ring with a spring.

Ronda 1175: Detail: Switching star

Detail: Switching star

Here you see the switching star and how the connection with the date disk (which had just happened before) would look like.

Technical data

Manufacturer:Ronda
Caliber:1175
Size:11 1/2''' (measured: 25,6mm)
Frequency:32768 Hz
Number of jewels:5
Escapement:Quartz
Adjust mechanism:Variable capacitor
Construction type:solid construction
Winding mechanism:yoke winding system
Features:
  • SCD (direct center seconds)
  • QG (date indication (aperture))
  • RDR (date corrector)
References: Flume: K4
Inventory number:16015

Usage gallery

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Ronda-Quartz gents watch, model 28

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