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Kobold “Spirit of America” Titanium
Simplistic yet stylish, this Kobold Spirit of America is housed in a titanium case with a perfect finish. It is model KD657122 and is powered by a mechanical hand-wound Unitas 6497 which was modified into the Kobold caliber K.421. The movement has 17 jewels and a 50 hour power reserve. The case measures just over 44mm without the crown and just over 48mm with the crown. The watch sits 13.5mm high on the wrist and has a lug width of 22mm in case you ever want to buy an extra strap for it. It comes with a Kobold handmade leather strap installed and a brand new and still in the plastic extra strap of the same description. The crystal is a scratch-resistant sapphire with anti-reflective coating. The exhibition caseback is also a sapphire crystal. The Spirit of America has a depth rating of 100m or 330ft. The crown is push and pull style and winds the movement. The Spirit of America was also Kobold Watch Company’s first watch to be completely assembled in the United States. It retails for $3,350. (more…)
How to Open a Fusee Pocket Watch Case
How do you get the cover off? We’re often asked us how to open antique fusee pocket watches so here is a video to help everyone navigate their way through a case and locking mechanism seen in most fusee style pocket watches.
According to Wikipedia, a fusee is a cone-shaped pulley with a spiral groove around it, wound with a cord or chain which is attached to the mainspring barrel. Fusees were used from the 1400s to the early 1900s to improve timekeeping by equalizing the uneven pull of the mainspring as it ran down.
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Baselworld 2010: Nienaber Bunde Independent Watchmaker
Nienaber Bunde Antero Watch at Baselworld 2010
In our search for a noteworthy independent watch company, we found Rainer Nienaber from Nienaber Bunde Watch Company. Rainer was demonstrating his new hand made Antero timepiece in the independent watchmaker’s area on the second floor of Hall 1 during Baselworld 2010.
“The purist”
A vintage car’s revolution counter was the inspiration behind this original watch, which indicates the current time by an hours hand alone. Due to its scale, the time can be read with an accuracy of approximately 5 minutes. The small seconds hand is used as a function control. The hours hand skips over the 9 on the dial (anterograde display) so that the seconds hand is not concealed. The design of the dial and hands was adapted from a technical measuring instrument from the 1940s.
A manually wound ETA/Unitas 6497 movement with a power reserve of more than 40 hours ensures that this unusual timepiece runs smoothly. The 42 mm stainless steel casing is 12 mm deep and fitted with two sapphire glasses. The upper glass has an anti-reflective coating.
