AHO 675

Description

The AHO 675 is medium sized (6.75 lignes, hence the name) form movement, which was built in a cost-efficient pier construction.

It is a true pallet lever movement with 17 jewels (one on the dial side(!) for the escapement wheel).

The AHO 675 uses a two leg, not shock-protected screw balance; its hairspring is fix connected with the balance cock and can be regulated in its effective length directly at the hairspring key only.

dial side view

At "9" you see, that escapement wheel and the axle of the fourth wheel overlap each other. On a massively constructed movement, it would be quite easy to achieve, but since we have got a pier construction here, the dial-side bearing of the fourth wheel had to be realized by an own cock. On the following side view, you can spot it, together with its two fixation screws.

Besides this, there are no surpriseson the dial side: The cost-less rocking bar winding mechanism (with a suprisisingly well made click mechanism) matches the pier construction

side view with fourth wheel cock

Technical data

Manufacturer	AHO
Caliber	675
Number of jewels	17
Escapement	Anchor with pallets
Balance	Nickel screw balance
Shock protection(s)	none
Balance cock direction	clockwise
Hairspring stud	fixed
Regulator type	Hairspring key
Movement construction	Fork Escapement wheel, Fourth wheel, Third wheel, Center wheel Mainspring barrel
Construction type	pillar construction
Bridge shape	Curling, handle left, 4 gears
Winding mechanism	Rocking bar
Setting lever spring	4 holes
Functions	Hour, minute
Beats per hour	18000
Size	6³/₄ x 8''' (measured: 15,5 x 18,2 mm)
Image in Flume Werksucher	1957 48

Factsheet

Timegrapher output

In the laboratory, this, approx. 50 year old movement, gives surprisingly good results.

It runs very clean and without depthing error. Even the beat error is rather low, as well as the positional differences, which indicate a very well poised balance and good maintenance - in the back of the tested watch there are three watchmaker signs. Only the massive slipper at position "6" at the end of the test (only there - at the beginning of the test, it showed completely normal results) cannot be explained.