Question about Mondaine watches..
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I'm thinking of treating myself to a Mondaine watch, from Goldsmiths (because of Clubcard Vouchers which needed using) either before christmas or shortly afterwards. I just wondered if anyone would be able to advise on which models have the movement that pauses the second hand when it reaches the top of the minute? I'm lead to believe that only certain models do this (I believe it's called Stop-to-go).
Thanks.
Thanks.
Chaps, you're a bit off the mark with the hacking references. What the OP refers to is the movement within certain Mondaine watches ("Stop To Go") that over the period of a minute, the second hand sweeps round in 58 seconds and then pauses at the 12hour marker for 2 seconds while the minute hand moves forward to the next position.
It's a nod back to the orginial Swiss railway clocks, going back 50 or 60 years, where thismethod was used to regulate all clocks connected to the power network. In essence, all clocks waited at the 12hour position until they got an electrical signal, at which point they all started running again, synchronised.
ETA There don't appear to be any with this mechanism in the current lineup... http://www.mondaine.ch/mondaine-watches/FilterForm filter on Stop To Go gives no results.
It's a nod back to the orginial Swiss railway clocks, going back 50 or 60 years, where thismethod was used to regulate all clocks connected to the power network. In essence, all clocks waited at the 12hour position until they got an electrical signal, at which point they all started running again, synchronised.
ETA There don't appear to be any with this mechanism in the current lineup... http://www.mondaine.ch/mondaine-watches/FilterForm filter on Stop To Go gives no results.
Edited by bigandclever on Monday 12th December 14:17
bigandclever said:
Chaps, you're a bit off the mark with the hacking references. What the OP refers to is the movement within certain Mondaine watches ("Stop To Go") that over the period of a minute, the second hand sweeps round in 58 seconds and then pauses at the 12hour marker for 2 seconds while the minute hand moves forward to the next position.
It's a nod back to the orginial Swiss railway clocks, going back 50 or 60 years, where thismethod was used to regulate all clocks connected to the power network. In essence, all clocks waited at the 12hour position until they got an electrical signal, at which point they all started running again, synchronised.
ETA There don't appear to be any with this mechanism in the current lineup... http://www.mondaine.ch/mondaine-watches/FilterForm filter on Stop To Go gives no results.
Ah! You learn something new everyday It's a nod back to the orginial Swiss railway clocks, going back 50 or 60 years, where thismethod was used to regulate all clocks connected to the power network. In essence, all clocks waited at the 12hour position until they got an electrical signal, at which point they all started running again, synchronised.
ETA There don't appear to be any with this mechanism in the current lineup... http://www.mondaine.ch/mondaine-watches/FilterForm filter on Stop To Go gives no results.
Edited by bigandclever on Monday 12th December 14:17
bigandclever said:
Chaps, you're a bit off the mark with the hacking references. What the OP refers to is the movement within certain Mondaine watches ("Stop To Go") that over the period of a minute, the second hand sweeps round in 58 seconds and then pauses at the 12hour marker for 2 seconds while the minute hand moves forward to the next position.
That sounds so cool! 
Damn this place!
bigandclever said:
That is very cool! Are there only a handful of models that have this stop-to-go feature?
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