4/8/2023 0 Comments Metronome watch![]() Despite what some in the national media opine, his legacy is set as the greatest player in Warriors franchise history and one of the best players in the history of basketball.Ĭurry could rest on his laurels and be satisfied with what he already has done. It's evident, just as he showed during his iconic 43-point performance in Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Friday.īut there's a lot of work that goes into Curry being able to do that against an elite Boston Celtics defense.ĭuring his 13-year NBA career, Curry has accomplished just about everything there is for a player to do. Everyone watching Steph Curry during NBA games can see his greatness. Provenance: Formerly in the Ilbert collection. Winding System: Conventional positive set keyless winding.ĭimensions: Movement diameter 43.0 mm., height 10.0 mm. The flicking lever is provided with a passing spring so that it can return so as to be ready to delivery the next blow to the pallet. The arbor at the centre is biassed by a hairspring so as to return to it's zero position. The flicking lever is put out of operation whilst the beat is being selected and is also put in or out of operation by the side pusher. The ratchet A is on an arbor which also carries a flicking lever that operates a pallet on the arbor situated at the centre of the watch. These ratchet wheels are in a stack mounted on the fourth arbor and have 4, 46, 50, 54, 58 and 60 teeth respectively. This lever is controlled by a six step face cam which moves it so as to present a ratchet A to one of the six ratchet wheels selected. That through the winding button moves the castle wheel that operates the beat selection lever. The Metronome Work: is operated by two push buttons, one at the side and one which passes through the winding button. Motion work: cannon pinion 12, minute wheel 36 Means of Regulation: An index mounted on the balance cock which registers against a divided scale with engraved 'AVANCE RETARD' Blued-steel flat spiral spring with terminal curve and 17 turns. Steel escape wheel, the teeth chamfered.īalance and Spring: A split bimetallic balance, diameter 16.2 mm, thickness 1.0 mm. A jewel hole in the cock that supports the beat arbor.Įscapement: Club tooth lever, straight line layout, short lever, double roller, impulse pin triangular. Jewelled: From the third onwards, the jewels rubbed in. Train: Gilded centre, third and fourth wheels with 6 crossings. Mainspring: height 2.0 mm., thickness 0.23 mm. Under the balance cock 815.īarrel and Mainspring: Going barrel I. Under the combined fourth wheel and escape wheel cock, under the back plate and under the pallet cock 814. Gold spade hands, gold seconds hand, double ended beat hand with circular ends, blued-steel beat indicating hand.įrame: ½ plate layout. At 6 o'clock is the subsidiary seconds dial. ![]() That at the 12 showing the beat setting which is 4, 92, 100, 108, 116, and 120 a second these being marked as ¼ in red, 92, 100, 108, 116, and 120 in black, with beneath the 120 in red 60. Gold coloured bow, button and push pieces.ĭial and Hands: Dial with Arabic numerals, a sunk centre and two sunk subsidiary dials. The outside of the inner dome bears the inscription 'GRAND PRIX PARIS 1900'. Watch with metronome and club tooth lever escapement.Ĭase: Gun metal open face case the inner dome numbered 603 the outer 6032011 BBX. Curator's comments Comment from Richard Good, Catalogue of Watches in the British Museum.
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