Intex 390

 
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Intex 390

Description

Intex is a german manufactury by Willi Friesinger, of which there’s not much information available in literature and on the Flume K3 there are only a handful of movements which were made by Intex.

The Intex 390 was the only ladies' form movement. It consists of a single plate containing all the gears, which made it difficult to service. Only the mainspring barrel could be torn out by loosing the axle screw.

On the dial side of the non shock-protected movement, there’s a simple rocking bar winding mechanism, which uses a simple (and not very durable) spring as click spring. The anchor wheel is beared in a deck jewel. This is quite remarkable, since technically it is pretty useless, as the dial side is most of the time up and the axle of the anchor wheel will rarely touch the deck jewel and thus renders it ineffecive. But of course this trick made it possible, that one could print the magical “17 Rubis” on the dial.

Intex 390: Intex 390 dial side

Intex 390 dial side

Technical data

Manufacturer:Intex
Caliber:390
Size:5 1/4''' (measured: 12,9 x 19,2mm)
A/h:18000
Number of jewels:17
Escapement:Pallet lever
Balance types: Nickel anular balance
Shock protection(s): none
Balance bearing / direction hairspring:Clockwise
Moveable stud:no
Adjust mechanism:Hairspring key
Construction:
  • lever
  • escape wheel, third wheel, center minute wheel, mainspring barrel
Winding mechanism:yoke winding system
Setting lever spring:1 hole(s)
References: Flume: 1962 29

Usage gallery

Intex 390: Anker ladies' watch

Anker ladies' watch