Minggu, 24 Oktober 2010

Mesin Jam 36.000 bph


Mesin jam 36.000 bph (beat per hours) high-beat berarti mesin jam yang memiliki 10 hentakan dalam 1 detik (36.000:3.600 detik dalam 1 jam = 10). Maka akan menghasilkan pergerakan yang sangat halus detiknya, seolah-olah tidak terlihat hentakannya. Berikut beberapa produk mesin jam yang tercatat memiliki pergerakan 36.000 bph:

In total there were nine distinct efforts to produce 36,000 vph movements
  1. The first effort to succeed was Girard Perregaux's effort which brought watches with 36kbph movemetns to market in 1996. A "joint effort" between Eberhard, Favre Leuba, Girard Perregaux and Zodiac purportedly contributed to the devleopment of these watches, or alternatively the automatic winding mechanism of these watches. The movements each manufacturer ultimately came entered the market with were different enough for parts to not interchange between them, so it very unlikely that any of the movements from these watch companies was the product of joint development. This means the first effort really produced 4 distinct movements, and the degree to which there was"joint development" is questionable. Girard Perregaux was not only the first, but was also unique in producing both manual and automatic high frequency movements.
  2. In 1967 the Longines (cal. 430) "Ultra-Chron" movement appeared.
  3. In 1968 Seiko (cal. 6145) movement introduced, Favre Leuba introduces cal. FL 1164 (day/date/automatic) based watches, Zodiac introduces cal. 88 (date/automatic) and 86 (day/date/automatic) watches, Movado introduces cal. 405 (day/date/automatice) and cal. 408 (date/automatic) watches.
  4. In 1969 the Eterna (cal. 2732) movement introduce
  5. In 1969 the Zenith (cal. 3019) "El Primero" was introduced. It was the first automatic chronograph with an integrated winding mechanism to be produced, and thusly is claimed to be the first automatic chronograph movement ever produced. In 1969, Movado, Zenith and Mondia merged into the MZM Group and Zenith announced the developement of the "first integrated automatic chronograph", hence El Primero (the first in Spanish), in January of 1969.
  6. In 1969 Movado intrioduced the 405 (day/date/) and 408 (date) watches in their Kingmatic watches.
  7. In 1970 A. Schild (cal. 1920) was introduced.
  8. It is not clear when the Felca (cal. 4177) movement was introduced, but it was likely introduced in the 70s. This is one of the few manual hi beat wristwatch movements ever produced.
  9. In 1975 the Citizen (cal. 7230) movement was introduced.
In the end, then 12 different watchmakers produced watches with high frequency movements of their own design and production: Eberhard, Favre Leuba, Girard Perregaux, Zodiac, Longines, Seiko, Eterna, Movado, Zenith, A. Schild, Felca and lastly Citizen.


Cal. list
36.000 bph (not sure it is complete) found with google:
Hanya yang tercatat saja, masih ada yang belum tercatat:
  1. AS 1852-AS 1854-AS 1855-AS 1920
  2. Bettlach 8040 (36000bph)
  3. Citizen 723-Citizen 7230-Citizen 7248-Citizen 725-Citizen 7250-Citizen 7400-Citizen 743-Citizen 7430-Citizen 773-Citizen 7730-Citizen 7740
  4. Cyma AS 1852-Cyma ETA 2732
  5. Doxa AS 1855-Doxa ETA 2732
  6. ETA 1510-ETA 1536-ETA 2732-ETA 2734-ETA 2738-ETA 2806-ETA 2807-ETA 2812-ETA 2813-ETA 2817-ETA 2819-ETA 2826-ETA 2827-ETA 2832-ETA 2837-ETA 2838-ETA 2839-ETA 2850-ETA 2878
  7. Excelsior-Park Compteur 36000-Excelsior-Park Compteur 36000 (42)
  8. Girard Perregaux 30-Girard Perregaux 32-Girard Perregaux 42.1-Girard Perregaux 42.4-Girard Perregaux 440
  9. Longines 260-Longines 262-Longines 430-Longines 431-Longines 432-Longines 433
  10. Movado 3019 PHC-Movado 405-Movado 408
  11. Orient 12.5 Ligne
  12. Piaget 4P-Piaget 6N-Piaget 6P1
  13. Seiko 6159-Seiko 8800B-Seiko 8800D-Seiko 8800F
  14. Synchron 1855
  15. Ulysse Nardin ETA 2732
  16. Zenith 3019-Zenith 3029-Zenith 405-Zenith 408
  17. Zodiac 101-Zodiac 86-Zodiac 88

Jumat, 15 Oktober 2010

Mido Commander Chronometer Officially Certified


Akhirnya saya dapat menambah koleksi saya. Kemarin hari Kamis, 15 Oktober 2010 sebuah paket datang dari Cilacap, Jawa Tengah ke kantor. Pas saya buka ternyata jam yang saya pesan ya jam seken hand, Mido Commander Chronometer Officially Certified (yang pasti sudah melewati uji kelayakan dan kepatutan, wah kayak anggota dewan). Pembuatannya sekitar tahun 1970-an. Konsisi fisik mendekati mint alias bagus banget, berbeda saat saya melihatnya di email, agak meragukan karena gambarnya kurang jelas. Sungguh menyenangkan mengakuisisinya.



Keistimewaan jam ini adalah jarum detiknya yang pergerakannya sangat halus. Menurut situs ini http://foolishour.blogspot.com/search/label/MIDO (edisi Kamis, 05 Agustus 2010) katanya jam ini Hi-Beat 36.000 bph, yang berarti bergerak 10 hentakan untuk 1 detiknya. Walaupun saya sendiri masih meragukannya. Jika ada yang tahu informasinya boleh berbagi.


Jam Mido ini semua asli bawaan pabrik. Diameter hanya 36 mm without crown, dengan crown sekitar 37 mm. Crown-nya berjenis hidden crown, memang hampir tak tampak. Tulisan MIDO-nya terletak di posisi angka 9 dan day and date-nya sejajar posisi angka 3, agak jarang memang.



Mesinnya jika saya tak salah adalah Cal. 2837 Seventeen (17) Jewels. Ada sedikit keanehan pada tutup case back-nya. Di dalamnya case back jelas tertulis ”SWISS MADE” namun di luar case back tertulis ”SWITZERLAND” walaupun sama-sama SWISS tapi aneh saja, ko satu tutup dua sisi bisa berbeda. Biasanya kata-kata SWITZERLAND digunakan untuk jam-jam yang lebih tua usia produksinya, sedangkan kata-kata SWISS digunakan untuk jam-jam yang lebih muda tahun produksinya. Foto-foto saya ambil dari internet, tapi sama kok. Pinjem yang mas ….



La.. la..laa.. la..laa… he.. he.. senangnya. Thank sameone di Cilacap.


Berikut spesifikasi mesin ETA 2837:
The ETA 2837 is a hi-beat movement from the 1970s, designed to be a chronometer. It's quite rare today, and only found in vintage watches. hi-beat in general is super rare, currently only sold in the Zenith El Primero and Grand Seiko line.

According to Dan Fock:
Around this time companies were experimenting with Hi-Beat movements, 36,000BPH. The more beats the smoother the movement and the more accurate. The 2837 is a Chonometre grade movement. Based on the very robust 2824 family, but significantly upgraded.

Specs
* 36000 vph
* Size 11.5 ligne