Today's watch is one that I tried to get working, but my mechanical watch skills weren't quite enough. After stripping it down as much as I could, I found that the balance spring is broken, but I thought I'd blog the watch anyway. The balance system on the watch is made of a balance wheel attached to a balance spring. These two together form an oscillator which is designed to keep a precise beat (independent of external disturbances) and thus keeps the watch accurate. The balance spring pulls the wheel back, reversing it's direction, causing the oscillations and so when it's broken the watch can't tick.
The watch is by Gallucci, which is a jewellery company formed in 2002 and owned by Hong Kong watch manufacturer R and S International Limited.
This is an automatic mechanical skeleton watch, and is the second Gallucci watch of this type I've blogged (see 24th Dec 2012, or the Gallucci tag for the other).
This model is a large and heavy square design, with a face pattern that is no longer for sale. The watch is a 3-hand dial, with an additional 24 hr dial and date dial (at the 6 and 3 o'clock positions). The back has a glass panel over the movement so you can see the design of the internal workings (which are decorated with small engravings) as well as the weight used in the automatic movement to wind the watch. On the dial, there is also a round window where the other side of the movement can be seen (while the current models have square and rectangular windows).
There is no model number on the watch, and as it is not for sale, I don't know the date of release.
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