Mechanical Watches: Inner Workings
Movements, escapements, and complications: prove you know what makes time tick
What this quiz asks
- 1Which component stores energy in a mechanical watch?
- 2An automatic watch winds itself mainly thanks to…
- 3Why does the seconds hand move in small, regular jumps?
- 4The balance spring mainly serves to…
- 5The jewels (stones) in a movement mainly serve to…
- 6Which frequency is most common on a modern wristwatch calibre?
- 7Which escapement dominates Swiss watchmaking today?
- 8In watchmaking vocabulary, a 'complication' is…
- 9The remontoir d'égalité mainly serves to…
- 10Who designed the modern co-axial escapement adopted in production?
