It's anti-magnetic, and the mechanism oscillates at a frequency of 19,800 vph (2.5 Hz). It includes a self-compensating Breguet balance spring, a monometallic balance adjusted for temperature and 5 positions, a Nivarox anti-magnetic hairspring, and a swan-neck micrometer regulator. It's constructed with 18 jewels, a shock absorber system, an anti-magnetic iron cap, a straight-line lever escapement, and a cut bimetallic compensation balance. It's nickel plated and it's stamped with the quality seal of Geneva.
Vintage gubelin watch manual#
This Patek Philippe Calatrava 3418 has a mechanical manual winding Patek Philippe caliber 12-400 movement.
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It's water resistant to 25 meters/80 feet, it has a 38-hour power reserve at full winding, and the 9.3mm thick case, dial, and movement are all signed. It has pointed steel baton hour and minute hands, and there is a small constant running seconds subsidiary dial with black markers and a steel indicator hand at 6 o'clock. It includes the original sunray finish silver dial with applied pointed stick baton hour markers around a black perimeter minute scale with small square hour indices. The 34mm diameter round two-body solid case, hooded lugs, and flat angled bezel, are polished/brushed. It has a signed pull-out winding crown and a 6-piece "Convertible" stainless steel case with a screw-down solid case back. It includes a leather strap or a fine stainless-steel Gubelin diagonal bead bracelet with the original domed acrylic crystal (the convertible modular design gives a choice between a leather strap or a stainless-steel bracelet. It was retailed by the Gubelin boutique with the retailer signature located just above the 6 o'clock subsidiary dial.
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