It is a monopusher chronograph with co-axial minutes and seconds counters

Aug 20, 2008,06:08 AM
 

hence the clean look.
 
Here are details of the watch:
 
CASE

Platinum 950,
diameter 44 mm,
sapphire glass on the top and on the bottom,
crocodile leather strap with buckle in platinum,
crown with integrated monopusher
 
DIAL

Simple sunk enameled dial with roman numerals,
eccentric second hand,
centric chronograph minutes and seconds counter,
spade hands in rose gold or blued steel
 
MOVEMENT

Manual winding movement Caliber IV,
46 hours running time,
second hand stop mechanism, chronograph mechanism installed on the backside

And movement specs:
 
DIAMETER
16 ¼ lines (36,6 mm)
 
FREQUENCY
18.000 semi-oscillations per hour
 
RUNNING TIME
46 hours
 
JEWELS
22 rubies, 1 diamond

- Shock-resistant gold-screw balance
- Breguet spring
- Swan-neck fine adjustment
- Pulsating eccentric second hand
- Second hand stop mechanism
- Winding wheels with double solar finish
- Monopusher column wheel chronograph
- Chronograph wheels in gold with two hundred teeth
- Minutes counter mechanism installed on the backside
- Frictionless decoupling of the minutes counter, when the chronograph function is not in use

- SJX

This message has been edited by SJX on 2008-08-20 06:12:16


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I love this movement...

 
 By: SJX : August 20th, 2008-05:44
I have just completed a short article for a magazine in which I featured the Lang & Heyne Albert of Saxony; I love the movement. It is based on a Unitas but boy does it look good, quite possibly the most beautiful Unitas on the planet. Here are stock imag...  

That is Gorgeous!

 
 By: respo : August 20th, 2008-05:49
Thanks for sharing the photos of such a rrity. What are the watch's functions? It looks like a split seconds??? Really beautiful. respo

Nice

 
 By: 1440 : August 20th, 2008-08:27

A beautiful watch.

 
 By: foversta : August 20th, 2008-12:16

indeed a beaty

 
 By: Quan : August 21st, 2008-03:43
SJX, how is the chrono push botton, is it as smooth as dato, thanks...

Movement

 
 By: Gary G : August 21st, 2008-09:16
Tim J. can comment further, but my understanding from Marco is that very few of the original Unitas parts are retained -- the base architecture is clearly Unitas-derived, but (IIRC) almost all of the parts, including the bridges, are made by Marco and Joh... 

That is what I was saying

 
 By: SJX : August 21st, 2008-09:33
From what I understand, the gear train, hairspring and balance are Unitas, but finished by Lang & Heyne; base plate, bridges and most else is made and finished in-house. - SJX

stunning looking movement [nt]

 
 By: ChristianDK : August 21st, 2008-10:34
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thanks

 
 By: jojojahnke : August 24th, 2008-23:55
Thanks for the posting! The movement is based on Lang&Heyne Cal.I . These is original based on Unitas, but with the time there are so many changes that it is an own caliber. For example the Entraxe between second and minute are different to Unitas. A shor...