Rhetia Model No. 3
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19”’ | Hand Wind | Swiss Lever | Small Seconds |
Remarks:
- 4 screw-set jewels (Chatons)
- Swan-neck fine regulator
- This movement is a Savonnette (hunter) caliber. Model No. 2 is the Lépine (open face) version of it
- The movement shown in the SOGC (see identification) has an extra escape wheel cock
- Rhetia Watch also sold complete watches to Nomos in Glashütte. These always seem to have the movement with the extra escape wheel cock, watches of the Rhetia brand always have the movement shown here
- Listing ID: 5400
- Manufacturer / Brand: Rhetia
- Caliber: Model No. 3
- Size in French Lignes: 19'''
- Size range mm largest diameter: > 40 mm
- Shape: Round
- Winding: Manual (Crown)
- Hands Setting: Crown with lever
- Seconds Hand: Small seconds
- Escapement: Lever (Swiss, English, Glashütte)
- Date, Day, Month...: None
- Jewels: 17
- Setting Lever Screw/Pin Position: Right
- Balance Position: Bottom (120 - 240°)
- Shock Protection: None
- Beats per hour: 18,000
- Balance Type: Bimetallic screw balance with Breguet hairspring
- Power Reserve: Unknown
- Production Period: Probably around 1908
- Country: Switzerland
- Identification: Movement marked with RHETIA. Registered by Eggimann frères / Rhetia Watch Co. on February 29, 1908 in the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce (SOGC) as model No. 3. Model No. 3 is not an official caliber designation, but was used to register the design.
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