Armin Strom Dual Time Resonance Sapphire: The double pack!

Posted by lifata on January 4th, 2024

A balancing character

Double stitched is known to hold up better. This saying also applies to the Armin Strom Dual Time Resonance Sapphire wristwatch. Because this watch's technology is anything but ordinary and scores with double timekeeping and movements.

As is well known, the oscillation and escapement system consisting of the balance wheel, balance spring, anchor and escape wheel divides the uniformly passing time into small, well-defined sections. The gear train then transmits these intervals to the time display, which shows the time using the hands or digital displays.

Modern wristwatches usually tick at four hertz, meaning the second hand advances in eighth-second increments. However, if there are deviations from the specified frequency, the clock will not be accurate. In addition to mechanical errors, gravity in particular counteracts the precision of a watch replicas uk. This is most noticeable in a vertical position, when the center of gravity of the oscillator is not exactly in the center of the balance shaft. A tourbillon is generally recommended to compensate for this deviation. This functional aspect of a tourbillon, which literally translates from French as whirlwind, is of course known to watch connoisseurs. The visual advantages of a tourbillon often lead to the use of this balancing element. Not with the Dual Time Resonance Sapphir by Armin Strom.

Dual Time Resonance – an unusual oscillating solution

However, in wristwatches the rotation can only have a limited effect due to the constant change in position. An alternative is now available in the form of two resonating oscillators from the Armin Strom Dual Time Resonance Sapphire. This principle of one body resonating with another and the associated synchronization is also inherent in the new in-house caliber ARF17 by Armin Strom.

Strictly speaking, it is two movements arranged side by side in the case, each with a pair of energy storage units, 110 hours of power autonomy and a truly unusual balance frequency of 3.5 Hertz. The two gear regulators consisting of the escapement, balance wheel and balance spring are connected to each other by a patented and certified resonance clutch spring. The effort is therefore considerable. However, it also brings an impressive improvement of 15 to 20 percent in terms of accuracy.

This complex construction of the Dual Time Resonance Sapphire, which requires a total of an incredible 419 mechanical components, comes with two separate and independently adjustable time displays. Hours, minutes and the current remaining power reserve can be read. There is also a 24-hour indication in the middle. The transverse oval sapphire case is no less elaborate. It is precisely the material of the artificial sapphire that brings out this extraordinary and impressively sized replica watch uk with its two independent movements. The sapphire case offers full transparency, measures 59 x 43.4 millimeters including the lugs and can withstand water pressure of up to five bar.