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Jul 12, 2010,05:32 AM
Thanx Ian, i forgot to mention the secondary geartrain is powered by it's own mainspring barrel.
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Interview with Tim and Bart Grönefeld
By: monochrome : July 11th, 2010-03:38
Last month Tim and Bart Grönefeld launched the Grönefeld One Hertz, a unique wristwatch with an independent deadbeat seconds, also known as seconde morte. The One Hertz is the second watch from the two brothers from the Netherlands, both highly skilled wa...
very intersting
By: aldossari_faisal : July 11th, 2010-06:03
nice complication interesting to see in nowadays wrist watches,i personally consider it a constrain free complication , would love to see live pics of the watch , elegant , simple and pleasent looking dial . though i wonder about the term affordable in wh...
When will we see working watches ?
By: DonCorson : July 11th, 2010-07:54
Thank you for making this enlightening interview for us Frank. Can you tell us more about the problems encountrered in making a dead-seconds movement? "At first we thought that we could make the watch with fewer components; however, after making the movem...
Originally the One Hertz was going to have normal deadbeat seconds
By: Ian Skellern : July 12th, 2010-05:29
driven from the mainspring barrel, but the Grönfelds decided that independent deadbeat seconds - with a seperate power source and gear train - would provide better performance. First deliveries are anticipated for December 2010/January 2011.
looking forward in seeing the final watch. One question though
By: alex : July 12th, 2010-00:39
in the interview you mention that it is the world's first independent dead seconds, what does the "independent" mean? Others for example Journe and Habring also have dead seconds watches so what differentiates the Grönefeld's to theirs?
Indeed, the secondary gear train is...
By: monochrome : July 12th, 2010-05:10
....like Magnus says, dedicated for the deadbeat seconds mechanism. This way, the complication's effect on the entire movement's performance is reduced to the minimum, which is less than without the secondary gear train. Cheers, Frank
Correct....
By: monochrome : July 12th, 2010-05:32
Thanx Ian, i forgot to mention the secondary geartrain is powered by it's own mainspring barrel.
Good looking new model
By: Geo : July 18th, 2010-01:36
It's amazing how fast after their first model, the brothers could come up with a new watch. I am really looking forward to seeing this new watch in the flesh, since I also missed their last presentation, when the sketches were presented. Thanks for the in...