Back 2006 the manufacture introduced a new escapement that functioned
at a less frenetic 21,600 vph, but even at that time tests had shown
that the AP escapement was able to running perfectly at 43,200 vph or 6
hertz-even without the lubrication in the pallet stones, which would
quickly dissipate at that speed anyway. The omission of lubricant solves
an issue that’s plagued watchmakers so long as mechanical timepieces
have been around: gumming or hardening in the oil.
This fresh escapement is dependant on an invention by Parisian royal
clockmaker Robert Robin (1742-1799). He launched a new system in 1791
that combined the virtues of the well-known escapements through the day,
so-called free-sprung escapement and one including energy transfer via
pallet fork and guard pin as part of the precursor for the modern Swiss
lever escapement as designed by Thosmas Mudge in 1759.
Audemars Piguet has succeeded in securing the attributes of both
systems in its new high-frequency escapement, solving the oil problem
and introducing a whole new and important section the experience: rate
precision.”mehr sehen uhr rolex und Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar
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