Do you need to use a microscope to see a watch? GREUBEL FORSEY'S MICRO LIGHTNING NEEDLE
Not only is it worn by ordinary people, this particular watch should also be used by Ant-Man or the inhabitants of Lilliput. The upper half the dial is an eccentric hours and minute dial. Along with exposing the escapement steering wheel system such as the balance tyre at 9 o'clock, additionally there is a very special device: the micro lightning needle " small" second dial verticle with respect to the surface. The key stage is that the brand knows Surely have bad eyesight, so they considerately attached a 23x magnification glass to the top of the crown in 9 o’clock.
The name of the watch is Foudroyante EWT (Experimental Watch Technology). " Foudroyante" refers to the super second hand. Usually the second hands moves one distance for each second and circles the actual dial once per minute. The actual lightning second hand divides 1 second into equal components. And it runs in bouncing seconds. Some people also contact it femtosecond. Common types include 1/5 second, 1/6 second or 1/8 second. Jaeger-LeCoultre's Duometre, Habring2, Girard-Perregaux, etc . have all done this.
The turbo second hand is usually equipped with any timing function. When the time is started, the super second hand will move synchronously. Since it requires very regular and rapid continuous defeating, stability and durability are to be able to achieve.
In terms of GF's Foudroyante EWT, the lightning second hand is made of really small components using micro-mechanical anatomist. It is directly driven through the escapement wheel and leaps every 1/8 second, having a vibration frequency of twenty-eight, 800vph. The brand says which compared with traditional lightning fine needles, it consumes 1, eight hundred times less energy as well as takes up 96% less area, making full use of the energy and limited surface room of mechanical watches.