#GlashütteOriginalFact No. 28: Fascinating Technology in a - TopicsExpress



          

#GlashütteOriginalFact No. 28: Fascinating Technology in a compact sub-assembly: The month program wheel, which is barely 1.62 mm high and has a volume of 0.12 cm3, holds the entire logic of the perpetual calendar in our Grande Cosmopolite Tourbillon. The information as to whether a month has 28, 29, 30 or 31 days is managed and processed by this little program wheel. When the traveller sets the desired time zone the wheel switches at midnight, taking into consideration if the traveller is moving with time (to the west) or against it (to the east). So, the Perpetual Calendar of this mechanical wonder is geared to register changes in both directions, forwards and backwards in time. Even daylight savings and standard times are taken into account by the time zone mechanism. Glashütte Original has applied for three patents in order to protect this fascinating mechanism. glashuette-original/de/kollektion/die-4-saeulen/detail/grande-cosmopolite-tourbillon/#media
Posted on: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 18:45:01 +0000

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