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Jewels in watch terms are gem bearings that were used within the mechanical assembly inside the watch to reduce friction. Many of the low to medium range watches produced commonly used garnet or quartz. Top quality mechanical watches used Sapphire, Ruby or Diamond bearings as the gems have a lower coefficient than garnet or quartz.
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What are jewels made of?
watch jewl are made from cut up jewels
What are jewels when talking about a watch?
Jewels are typically attached around the frame of the watch, or ocassionally around the band. Such jewels can be cubic zirconia or actual gens such as diamons and opals.
What is the maximum jewels a watch can have?
A very large number, if you include decorative jewels.
How much is a savoy 17 jewels shock protected open face ladies pendant watch worth?
10 to 20 dollars
What is nineteen jewels on a watch?
The numbers of jewels that are referred to in watch movements all depends on the make and manufacture of the watch. Certain companies like Waltham used extra jewels in the mechanisms of their watches, and 19 was referred to as a 19 jewel movement.
What does 12 jewels on a wrist watch mean?
In a watch, the jewels refer to bearings for the shafts of the various moving parts as well as the escapement. Jewels, as opposed to plain bushings, tend to be harder and lower friction and thus wear far less and also tend to make the watch run better. The 7 jewels is the minimum for a functional jeweled movement, this includes 2 jewels for the balance wheel pivots, and balance wheel pivot caps, one roller jewel and 2 pallet jewels (the roller and pallets are part of the escapement). Higher jewel counts have more of the wheels (gears) in jeweled bearings.
Why does your watch have 21 jewels?
There's a good discussion of jewels in watches here: http://elginwatches.org/help/watch_jewels.html
Is a watch with a higher number of jewels best?
Not necessarily. The jewels, often rubies, are intended to provide almost frictionless operation of moving parts. Their effectiveness depends on the quality of the jewels as well as the craftmanship with which the moving parts of the watch are manufactured and assembled.
How do you identify the number of jewels in a watch?
The number of jewels in a watch refers to the number of individual gears it contains. Other than opening it and counting, you may be able to look up the number by the make and model of the particular watch.
How much is a stainless steel watch worth?
what is 21 jewels//
How much is a rigi 17 jewels Swiss incabloc worth?
do you have a picture of a rigi 17 jewels swiss incabloc pocket watch
When was Jewels of Gwahlur created?
Jewels of Thought was created on 1969-10-20.
