Ratchet Wheel Example

Ratchet Wheel

Ratchet Wheel Example

On a mechanical movement, the ratchet wheel is located above the mainspring barrel. This wheel is attached to the barrel’s arbor via a single screw. It is responsible for transferring energy to wind/coil the mainspring. The energy is stored (power reserve) and released (time keeping). The stored energy is a result of either manually winding the movement via the crown, or from the spinning of the rotor on the automatic wind unit.


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Phahht Dohhng Batflu
Phahht Dohhng Batflu
2 years ago

These are famous for failing in the Sellita sw movements I’ve had 1 Oris Aquis and 2 others with rotors gone bad on 2 years or less

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