balance wheel
noun
1
: a wheel that regulates or stabilizes the motion of a mechanism
2
: a balancing or stabilizing force
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Caliber 3132 employs a dual balance wheel, which is a unique approach to minimizing the tilt of the balance staff (the axil on which the balance wheel oscillates back and forth).
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Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 1 July 2024
The idea was to create a simple, streamlined and contemporary design focused on the source energy to the escapement that drives it, the barrels, and the large balance wheel.
—Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2023
The design features an asymmetrical layout with a white dial for the hours and minutes placed between one and three o’clock, a white seconds counter overlapping the hours and minutes dial between eight and ten o’clock, and a large rose-gold balance wheel and bridges at six o’clock.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 18 Nov. 2023
Because the talent pool, those artisans who can guilloche a dial or polish a balance wheel or hand-carve numerals to such rarefied standards, is limited and shrinking rather than expanding.
—Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2023
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Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 1 July 2024
The idea was to create a simple, streamlined and contemporary design focused on the source energy to the escapement that drives it, the barrels, and the large balance wheel.
—Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2023
The design features an asymmetrical layout with a white dial for the hours and minutes placed between one and three o’clock, a white seconds counter overlapping the hours and minutes dial between eight and ten o’clock, and a large rose-gold balance wheel and bridges at six o’clock.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 18 Nov. 2023
Because the talent pool, those artisans who can guilloche a dial or polish a balance wheel or hand-carve numerals to such rarefied standards, is limited and shrinking rather than expanding.
—Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2023
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“Balance wheel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/balance%20wheel. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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