The preparation of the column Examples of Technique, dedicated to the study of the most representative mechanical movements of today's production, is long and laborious, especially the photographic part.
A feature of our more technical and 'watchmaking' service, in fact, is to show even visually the innermost secrets of watch movements. And to do this, we naturally have to dismantle the calibres and photograph them in the various stages of this sort of striptease.
For disassembly, we rely on skilled watchmakers, who patiently attend to our journalistic needs.
Here, then, is a small backstage photo report of the disassembly and shooting of the gauge Glashütte Original 58-01, which equips the Senator Chronometer, presented at the last Basel Salon.
A key feature of this calibre is its chronometric precision, certified for the first time by an independent German institute. Added to this is the unprecedented (for the Glashütte Original) stop and reset function of the seconds hand: when the crown is pulled out, the small seconds hand stops and aligns with zero, while the minute hand jumps exactly to the next index marker.
The full analysis, of course, you will read in one of the next issues of L'Orologio. In the meantime, enjoy these photos stolen during the photo shoot in the service workshop of the Rome-based company Hausmann & Co, which kindly assisted us in our work.
