This is a compendium of information on the basic Swiss and German automatic-winding watch movements in current production. It does not cover complications, although some of the movements listed are used as a base for a variety of mechanisms. Included in the compilation are basic specifications, movement variants, and links to relevant on-line articles.
Audemars Piguet |
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3120 26.6 x 4.25 mm, 40 jewels, 21,600 bph Hours, minutes, center seconds, date
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Chopard |
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L.U.C. 1.96 27.4 x 3.3 mm, 32 jewels, 28,800 bph Hours, minutes, seconds at 6, date Two barrels for 65 hours of reserve, micro-rotor, overcoil hairspring
3.96 - flat hairspring, plain regulator 4.96 - 3.96 with center seconds, 31 jewels 1.97 - tonneau-shaped 1.96, 29 jewels 3.97 - tonneau-shaped 3.96, 29 jewels (formerly named cal. 6.96)
Walt Odets, From the House of Happy Diamonds: The Chopard L.U.C. Caliber 1.96 |
Chronoswiss |
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121 26.8 x 5.3 mm, 29 jewels, 21,600 bph Hours, minutes, seconds at 6
122 - hour hand at 12, 36.8 x 5.3 mm, 29 jewels 123 - hour hand at 3, center seconds, 24-hour hand at 9, 36.8 x 5.8 mm, 27 jewels
Based on an old Enicar movement |
ETA (Swatch Group) |
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2000-1 19.4 x 3.6 mm, 20 jewels, 28,800 bph Hours, minutes, center seconds, date
2004-1 - 23.3 x 3.6 mm |
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2670 17.2 x 4.8 mm, 25 jewels, 28,800 bph Hours, minutes, center seconds
2671 - date 2678 - day-date, 17.2 x 5.35 mm 2681 - date, 19.4 x 4.8 mm 2685 - center pointer date, moonphase, 19.4 x 5.35 mm 2688 - day-date, 19.4 x 5.35 mm, 17 jewels, 21,600 bph |
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2824-2 25.6 x 4.6 mm, 25 jewels, 28,800 bph Hour, minutes, center seconds, date
2836-2 - day-date, 25.6 x 5.05 mm 2834-2 - day-date, 29.0 x 5.05 mm 2846 - day-date, 25.6 x 5.05 mm, 21 jewels, 21,600 bph
Anonymous, ETA 2824 - Another Little Engine that Could, 2002
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2892A2 25.6 x 3.6 mm, 21 jewels, 28,800 bph Hour, minutes, center seconds, date
2893-2 - 24-hour hand, 25.6 x 4.1 mm 2895-1 - seconds at 6, 25.6 x 4.35 mm, 30 jewels 2896 - big date, 25.6 x 4.85 mm (new in 2003) Omega 1120 - revised automatic winding, 25.6 x 3.9 mm, 23 jewels Omega 1128 - 24-hour hand, 25.6 x 5.05 mm, 23 jewels Omega 2500 - coaxial escapement, 25.6 x 3.9 mm, 27 jewels
Walt Odets, The Omega DeVille Co-Axial: An Impressive Achievement Anonymous, The Little Engine that Could: An indepth look at the ETA 2892, 2002
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7750-P1 30.0 x 7.9 mm, 21 jewels, 28,800 bph Hours, minutes, seconds at 9, date
Panerai cal. OP III - basic movement of the ETA 7750 without the chronograph section ETA A07.111 - new in 2004, 24 jewels |
Girard-Perregaux |
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GP 3300 26.2 x 3.28 mm, 27 jewels, 28,800 bph Hours, minutes, center seconds, date
3200 - 23.9 x 3.28 mm
3300 updates the 3100 (26.2 x 2.98 mm) 3200 updates the 3000 (23.9 x 2.98 mm) |
Glash?ter Uhrenbetribe (Swatch Group) |
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Glash?te Original 39-10 26.0 x 4.3 mm, 25 jewels, 28,800 bph Hours, minutes, center seconds, date
39-20 - no seconds 38-42 - less elaborate finish, plain regulator, large date at 4 Union 26-11 - less elaborate finish, plain regulator, large date at 6
Marcus Hanke, GO movement history: The development of the current selfwinding cal. 39, 2002 Marcus Hanke, GO movement history: Aesthetic evolution of the Union/Glashutte cal. 26-11 movement, 2002 |
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Glash?te Original 90 32.6 x 7.0 mm, 41 jewels, 28,800 bph Off-center hours, minutes, seconds at 6, big date |
International Watch Company (Richemont) |
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5000 38.2 x 7.2 mm, 44 jewels, 18,000 bph Hours, minutes, seconds at 9, power reserve at 3 Single barrel with 204 hours of reserve, 7-day stop-work, overcoil hairspring
5011 - center seconds and date, 38.2 x 7.44 mm, 44 jewels, 18,000 bph
IWC, Flight Qualified, 2002. |
Jaeger-LeCoultre (Richemont) |
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889/2 26.0 x 3.25 mm, 36 jewels, 28,800 bph Hours, minutes, center seconds, date
891/2 - seconds at 6, 26.0 x 3.93 mm
Walt Odets, The IWC Portugieser Automatic, Ref. 3531 Walt Odets, Tweaking the Mark XII Walt Odets, The Charm of Audemars Piguet |
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920 28.0 mm x 2.45 mm, 36 jewels, 19,800 bph Hours, minutes Some implementations use an adjustable inertia balance Production has transfered to Audemars Piguet
Audemars Piguet 2120 Audemars Piguet 2121 - date, 28.0 x 3.05 mm Vacheron Constantin 1120 Vacheron Constantin 1121 - date, 28.0 x 3.05 mm Patek Philippe 28-255 (no longer in use) - 28.0 x 2.55 mm Patek Philippe 28-255C (no longer in use) - date, 28.0 x 3.15 mm
Walt Odets, The Most Exclusive Automatic: The Vacheron Caliber 1120 Thomas Mao, 2120 Ultra-thin automatic and variants, 2002 |
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960 20.4 mm x 3.95 mm, 31 jewels, 28,800 bph Hours, minutes, center seconds, date
Walt Odets, Making a Case for the Royal Oak, Part 2 |
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975 ? mm x 5.7 mm, 29 jewels, 28,800 bph Hours, minutes, seconds at 6, date, second time zone |
F. P. Journe |
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Octa 31 x 5.7 mm, 21,600 bph Off-center hours, minutes, seconds at 6, date, power reserve Adjustable inertia balance, overcoil hairspring, 5 days of reserve |
A. Lange & Sohne (Richemont) |
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L921.2 "Sax-o-mat" 30.4 x 3.8 mm, 36 jewels, 21,600 bph Hours, minutes, seconds at 6 Inset rotor, seconds reset
L921.4 - date, 45 jewels, 30.4 x 5.55 mm |
Lemania (Swatch Group) |
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1938 20.0 x 3.5 mm, 25 jewels, 21,600 bph Hours, minutes, seconds at 6, date
1912 - seconds at 6, 23.9 x 3.5 mm 1913 - no seconds, 23.9 x 3.5 mm 1916 - no seconds, date, 23.9 x 3.5 mm 1918 - seconds at 6, date, 23.9 x 3.5 mm 1932 - seconds at 6, 20.0 x 3.5 mm 1933 - no seconds, 20.0 x 3.5 mm 1936 - no seconds, date, 20.0 x 3.5 mm 1938 - seconds at 6, date, 20.0 x 3.5 mm |
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7875 20.0 x 3.6 mm, 22 jewels, 21,600 bph Hours, minutes, seconds at 6
7865 - center seconds, 21 jewels |
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8815 26 x 2.95 mm, 25 jewels, 28,800 bph Hours, minutes, center seconds, date
8816 - no date 8817 - no seconds 8818 - no date, no seconds
Thomas Mao and John Davis, Ebel Lichine Sr with Lemania 8810 / Longines L.990 Automatic Caliber, 2001 |
Parmigiani |
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331 25.95 x 3.5 mm, 32 jewels, 28,800 bph Hours, minutes, center seconds, date Two barrels, 55 hours reserve
Vaucher P 1928 |
Patek Philippe |
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240 27.5 x 2.4 mm, 27 jewels, 21,600 bph Hours, minutes Adjustable inertia balance, micro-rotor
240 PS - seconds at 4
Walt Odets, Sweet and Simple: A Photographic Portrait of the Patek Caliber 240 |
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315 SC 27.0 x 3.22 mm, 30 jewels, 21,600 bph Hours, minutes, center seconds, date Adjustable inertia balance
330 SC - different date ring location, 27.0 x 3.5 mm |
Piaget (Richemont) |
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500P 20.5 x 3.4 mm, 26 jewels, 21,600 bph Hours, minutes, central seconds, date
510P - no date 520P - no seconds 530P - no date, no seconds 504P - 24.8 (?) x 3.4 mm 551P - seconds at 10, power reserve at 6, 20.5 x 4.9 mm, 27 jewels |
Fr??ic Piguet (Swatch Group) |
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1150 (a.k.a. 11.50) 25.6 x 3.25 mm, 29 jewels, 21,600 bph Hours, minutes, center seconds, date Two barrels, 21,600 bph and 100 hours of reserve or 28,800 bph and 72 hours of reserve
1153 - no date 1160 - seconds at 6 1163 - seconds at 6, no date
Walt Odets, The Lovely Blancpain 1106 Gets A New Back |
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6.15 15.3 x 3.7 mm, 29 jewels, 21,600 bph Hours, minutes |
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71 27.4 x 2.4 mm, 35 jewels, 18,000 bph Hours, minutes
Available with seconds at 4:30 |
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9.51 20.4 x 3.25 mm, 19 jewels, 21,600 bph Hours, minutes, center seconds, date
9.53 - no date 9.511 - 23.9 x 3.25 mm 9.531 - no date, 23.9 mm x 3.25 mm 9.516 - 24-hour hand, 23.9 mm x 3.25 mm |
Rolex |
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2235 20.0 x 5.9 mm, 31 jewels, 28,800 bph Hour, minutes, center seconds, date Adjustable inertia balance, overcoil hairspring
2230 - no date, 20.0 x 5.4 mm |
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3130 28.5 x 5.8 mm, 31 jewels, 28,800 bph Hour, minutes, center seconds Adjustable inertia balance, overcoil hairspring |
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3135 28.5 x 6.0 mm, 31 jewels, 28,800 bph Hour, minutes, center seconds, date Adjustable inertia balance, overcoil hairspring
3155 - day-date, 28.5 x 6.45 mm 3185 - 24-hour hand, 28.5 x 6.45 mm |
Swiss Time Technology |
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11.50 25.6 x 3.? mm, 24 jewels, 28,800 bph Hours, minutes, center seconds, date |
Zenith (LVMH) |
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670 "Elite" 26.2 x 3.28 mm, 27 jewels, 28,800 bph Hours, minutes, center seconds, date
661 - no date, no seconds, 26 jewels 672 - 24-hour hand, 26.2 x 3.75 mm 680, 684 - seconds at 9, 26 jewels 682 - seconds at 9, 24-hour hand, 26.2 x 3.75 mm, 26 jewels 685 - seconds at 9, power reserve, 26.2 x 4.28 mm, 38 jewels |
The images are from various sources, including Thomas Ernst, Marcus Hanke, Steve Gurevitz, Gisbert Joseph, Sujatjo Ngaserin, and Suitbert Walter. |