Regulating organs, from past to present – Part seven

Regulating systems with a balance wheel and a detached escapement would be consigned to history were it not for the enthusiasts who, having experimented with cold hyper-precision, forgave the traditional mechanical watch its frank imprecision! Audemars Piguet rolled out its new high-frequency escapement In 2010, Breguet presented the Type XXII chronograph whose balance wheel reaches a "Speed" of 72,000 vibrations/hour Not to be outdone, Montblanc came to SIHH 2012 with the TimeWriter II, a chronograph also with two balance wheels vibrating at different frequencies.

One of his most accomplished findings is the co-axial escapement - although historical accuracy obliges us to note its similarities with another escapement, this one developed by Charles Fasoldt, who emigrated to the United States from Dresden, Germany The co-axial escapement now equips virtually all of the brand's high-end mechanical watches Further enhancements have been made over these twenty years, including resistance to magnetic fields thanks to a silicon balance wheel with horizontally-positioned, internal regulating screws coupled with a silicon balance spring. Source