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Being surrounded by luxury watches and designer jewelry all day has peculiar side effects. One starts to yearn for knowledge about the inner working of mechanical movements or about the century long histories of the manufacturers. One will tend to take excessive amounts of pictures and videos of the fine watches in one's boutique and obsess over every fabulous detail. When these effects take hold, it is recommended that one start a blog. Welcome to ours, the Baily Blog.
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Motor vs Movement
by Dino on 18 January, 2008
Motor: A car engine works only when the vehicle is running.
Movement: A watch movement operates 24/24, 365 days a year (thus totalling 8,760 hours).
Motor: It covers an average annual distance of 10,000 to 15,000 km.
Movement: The oscillations of the balance, the heart of the movement, cover at least 8,000 km per hour.
Motor: A car engine requires an annual service and full maintenance service every 15,000 km, which includes replacing lubricants, petrol filters and other components.
Movement: The movement must be completely overhauled every 4 to 5 years. During this operation, the watchmaker applies at least one gram of lubricant to at least 21 parts of the mechanism.
Motor: The average life of a car engine is 150,000 km.
Movement: The life expectancy of the mechanical movement of a high-quality watch is theoretically unlimited, provided it undergoes regular maintenance.
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