AS 1037
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| AS 1037 |
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Description
A rather rare cylinder form movement is the quite tiny AS 1037, which was
used in ladies' watches, probably in the 1940ies. These kind of movements
already show signs of modern pallet anchor movements of the same time (shaping
of the briges, silver colored plates, dial footer screw on the side of the
movement) and were probably made as cheap alternatives to pallet anchor movements.
Of course, the precision of these kind of movements is rather poor and since the
cylinder wheel always touches the balance axle, it can happen that the movements
once in a while just stops, especially when the last service was long ago.
There movement shown here makes no exception.
The balance wheel and all gears except the minute gear, run in synthetic
rubies, the bridges show nice decoration and anglage and even on the dial side,
it's a pleasent view to see the large servicing holes and tne simple, but very
well made rocking bar winding mechanism.
This movement, which is already stamped with the modern "AS" marker, displays
hour and minute.
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| dial side view |
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Technical data
| Manufacturer | AS |
| Caliber | 1037 |
| Number of jewels | 10 |
| Escapement | cylinder |
| Shock protection(s) | none |
| Balance cock direction | counterclockwise |
| Hairspring stud | fixed |
| Regulator type | Long regulator arm |
| Movement construction | Escapement wheel
Fourth wheel, Third wheel, Center wheel
Mainspring barrel |
| Functions | Hour, minute |
| Beats per hour | 18000 |
| Size | 53/4 x 81/2''' |
| Image in Flume Werksucher | 1947 147 |
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| Factsheet |
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