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Lift angle for cal 51011?

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  • last reply by rmuraglia 20 Nov 2009
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    roberto muraglia
    Master 2108 posts
    18 Nov 2009, 8:25 p.m. 18 Nov 2009, 8:25 p.m.
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    I've just found on the web a nice chart for IWC's lift angles but I'm missing cal 51011.

    I searched in the archive but I haven't found it.

    Could you be so kind to tell it to me please?

    Thank you in advance.

    roberto

    P.S. Guess what's the IWC calibre this chart reports to have the minor lift angle?

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    Christian Niemann
    Graduate 45 posts
    19 Nov 2009, 4:15 a.m. 19 Nov 2009, 4:15 a.m.
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    Lift angle for cal 51011?

    All IWC calibres 51xxx did have a lift angle of 42 degree

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    roberto muraglia
    Master 2108 posts
    19 Nov 2009, 1:35 a.m. 19 Nov 2009, 1:35 a.m.
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    Thank you. not bad at all. (nt)

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    Paul Bloemen
    Master 4219 posts
    18 Nov 2009, 3:15 p.m. 18 Nov 2009, 3:15 p.m.
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    Is there a "best" lift angle?

    or can it be compared by the frequency of the watch, where it apparently is not possible to say that 21.600 is better or worse than 18.000 or 28.800. So, does the value have any discriminating function?

    Kind regards,
    Paul, wearing steel VC Pilot's watch

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    roberto muraglia
    Master 2108 posts
    18 Nov 2009, 9:55 p.m. 18 Nov 2009, 9:55 p.m.
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    Very little knowledge of mine.

    Hi Paul,

    to my little, very little knowledge, lift angle effects the isochronism, the higher will be the lift angle, the more it'll cause problems to isochronism.

    Obviously, a bigger amplitude of the balance wheel may help decreasing drawbacks caused by a high lift angle.

    Regarding frequency, I always keep in mind the example of the whirligig, the more it turns faster, the more steady it is but applied to watches this becomes just one of many factors to consider.

    I hope I expressed some decent sentences nonetheless my poor english.

    Regards,

    roberto

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    Michael Friedberg
    Connoisseur 11468 posts
    18 Nov 2009, 10:35 p.m. 18 Nov 2009, 10:35 p.m.
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    not in my opinion, but Google can help you

    To look up the answer, I suggest some basic research such as Googling "lift angle" . The best discussion I found after 2 minutes of research is linked below.

    click here

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    Paul Bloemen
    Master 4219 posts
    18 Nov 2009, 12:45 p.m. 18 Nov 2009, 12:45 p.m.
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    Thank you, I first searched the archive...

    I forgot to mention that I did this before I posed my question. I already saw some interesting technical explanation, but could not find out to which value to strive, if at all useful. flyrobfly36 gave some indication though. Quite probably there will be a kind of trade-off here too, like with the frequency, where fast is more stable and slow is more wear-and-tear friendly.

    Kind regards,
    Paul, wearing steel VC Pilot's watch

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    Ben
    Master 1982 posts
    18 Nov 2009, 12:40 p.m. 18 Nov 2009, 12:40 p.m.
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    Link to chart?

    Do you have a link to the chart for IWC's lift angles?

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    Cinq
    Master 5431 posts
    19 Nov 2009, 5:20 p.m. 19 Nov 2009, 5:20 p.m.
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    Thanks very muchnt

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    roberto muraglia
    Master 2108 posts
    20 Nov 2009, 12:20 a.m. 20 Nov 2009, 12:20 a.m.
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    You have an e-mail, I preferred to do so since>

    the chart contains also data not related to IWC.

    Regards,

    Roberto

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