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Panerai became an official supplier to the Regia Marina (the Royal Italian Navy), supplying a variety of technical equipment and precision instruments. [9] All Panerai watches, except for the GPF 2/56 were designed and manufactured by Rolex SA using pocket watch movements made by Swiss manufacturer Cortébert. [10]
Finally, any auctioned watch without public online records from auctioneers (e.g. major auction houses) will not be included in the ranking. As of December 2022, the most expensive watch (and wristwatch) ever sold at auction is the Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300A-010, fetching US$31.19 million (31,000,000 CHF) in Geneva on 9 ...
This list is a duplicate of Category:Watch brands, which will likely be more up-to-date and complete. Manufacturers that are named after the founder are sorted by surname. Manufacturers that are named after the founder are sorted by surname.
Thus, based upon the movements used by Rolex, Breitling, and Omega, the movement calibers that obtain most of the COSC certificates [5] are the Rolex 3135 [6] (since 1988) (and variants 3155, 3175, 3185, 4130) and 2235, the ETA 2892A2 [7] (and variants) and Valjoux 7750, [8] each of which operates at 28,800 beats per hour.
ETA Mechanical movements Caliber Product Line Winding Diameter Height Jewels Frequency Running time VPH Hz; 2671 [1] Mecaline automatic 17.2 4.8 25 28800 4 38 2678 [2] Mecaline automatic 17.2 5.35 25 28800 4 38 2000-1 [3] Mecaline Specialities automatic 19.4 3.6 20 28800 4 40 2681 [4] Mecaline automatic 19.4 4.8 25 28800 4 38 2094 [5]
In watch movements the wheels and other moving parts are mounted between two plates, which are held a small distance apart with pillars to make a rigid framework for the movement. One of these plates, the front plate just behind the face, is always circular, or the same shape and dimensions as the movement.
Both the 6204 and 6205 were fitted with the A260 movement. Neither model displayed a depth rating on the dial. The 6204 was originally rated to a depth of 100 meters (330 feet), but by 1954, Rolex certified the watch as waterproof to 200 meters (660 feet) in the accompanying catalog. The 6205 was depth rated to 100 meters (330 feet). [11]
ETA/Valjoux 7750 (photo 2009) Chart of historic Valjoux movements Valjoux (for Vallée de Joux, "Joux Valley") is a Swiss manufacturer of mechanical watch movements.It is known primarily for chronograph ébauche movements that are used in a number of mid- to high-range mechanical watches.