i opened one of those freebies i got from when i used to frequent the antique market at st. lawrence market. this is a kienzle watch, automatique with 17 jewels, whatever that means. all i know is that kienzle is one of the largest watch/clock makers in germany (must look it up on google!). the watch's diametre is about an inch and a quarter across its face.
used the raynox macro filter attachment to magnify the inside of the watch. that curled hair isn't visible to the naked eye and only saw it when i uploaded the shot. i would suppose it's hair from the wearer's arm and not from elsewhere. yowsers!
macro monday today, isn't it? and for the new mundane challenge and the mundane object is 'gears'.
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@maggiemae - no, it wasn't working when i got it a long time ago. it's actually just rubbish now. i found out though that 'jewel' means the number of jewel bearings in the clock's movement or salient parts. they are gems usually ruby, garnet or quartz, because they don't produce friction with the metal parts which slows down the mechanism. a full jeweled watch has 17 jewels, but it is doubtful that adding more is useful to the watch. here's what wikipedia says about watches and jewels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_watch thank you, maggiemae.
17 jewels, I believe, means it has 17 jewels in it. You can see at least two of them in your photo. May be a ruby or garnet on the right side with the fine hair passing under it, and another in the center of the circle immediately left of it. I don't know why watchmakers put jewels in watches, it doesn't make them more accurate, I suspect.
Btw, if it doesn't run it might be because of that fine hair, humming up the works. :)
Where is the brain bleach when you need it???
Excellent image of the inner workings and gears of the watch!
And EW too!
Btw, if it doesn't run it might be because of that fine hair, humming up the works. :)