H-SPOT - Watch Movements

Watch Movements

A-Z A complete listing of all watches shown in alphabetical order.

Mechanical Watches powered by a traditional, mechanical movement.

Quartz Watches with battery-powered quartz movements.

Electric/Electronic Battery-powered watches with electro-mechanical, electric or electronic movements.

British Watches made in Great Britain.

Chinese Watches made in China.

Russian Watches made in the Soviet Union or modern-day Russia.

Japanese Watches made in Japan.

American Watches made in the USA or by/for American companies.

Military/Space Military and Space related watches including homage and commemorative pieces.

Pilot/Aviator Watches intended for pilots or with some aviation connection.

Sport/Diver Watches associated with a sport or a particular sporting event or personality.

Pocket Pocket watches.

Movements For those interested in what makes watches tick! A selection of watch movement pictures.

Links A selection of links to the interesting websites of other collectors.

Anonymous Pocket Watch:
Swiss made, 15 jewels, circa 1940's. This example is used in a 6E/50 observer's pocket watch issued to the British military during the Second World War.

Anonymous Pocket Watch:
Swiss made, 15 jewels, circa 1940's. This example is used in a GSTP pocket watch issued to the British military during the Second World War.

Bulova Accutron 214:
USA made, 360Hz, circa 1965. The Bulova Accutron was the world's first electronic wristwatch movement, utilising the high frequency vibrations of a tiny "tuning fork" rather than the oscillations of a mechanical balance wheel to regulate timing.

CYMA 234:
Swiss made, 15 jewels, manual wind, circa 1940'/1950's. This example is used in a WWW (Wrist Watch Waterproof). These were issued to the British military during the Second World War and on into the 1950's.

CYMA 775:
Swiss made, 15 jewels, circa 1940's. This example is used in a GSTP pocket watch issued to the British military during the Second World War.

Elektronika Quartz:
Soviet made, LCD quartz, circa late 1970's early 1980's.

Elgin Grade 291 Pocket Watch:
USA made, 7 jewels, circa 1941 and used in the Elgin "Grade 291" GS MkII pocket watches exported to Great Britain and issued to the British army during the Second World War.

ESA Dynotron 915 Series:
Swiss made, 13 jewels, electronic balance wheel, circa early 1970's. An early electronic movement featuring transistors and a balance wheel, this looks very similar to the first of its type, the ESA Dynotron 9150, but I can't tell for sure until I check the exact model number stamped under the balance wheel. I'll do that next time I change the battery!

ETA 2824-2:
Swiss made, 25 jewels, automatic, circa 2000's. An awful picture of perhaps the most popular Swiss automatic movement in use today. Versions of this movement appear in watches ranging in price from around £100 to well over £1000.

First Moscow Watch Factory:
Soviet made, 17 jewels, manual wind, hacking seconds, circa 1950's.

First Moscow Watch Factory, Automatic:
Allegedly the first automatic movement to be produced in the Soviet Union. 22 jewels, circa late 1950's early 1960's.

General Watch Company (Helvetia) 32A:
Swiss made, 15 jewels, circa 1940's. This example is used in a Helvetia GSTP pocket watch issued to the British military during the Second World War.

Girard-Perregaux 352:
Swiss made, quartz, circa 1970. One of the very first quartz movements, also used by Le Coultre and Favre Leuba.

Gruen 422 R SS:
Swiss made, 17 jewels, manual wind, circa 1950's.

Lemania 3872:
Swiss made, 17 jewels, manual wind, chronograph, circa 1970's.

Longines 6952:
Swiss made, 17 jewels, hacking seconds, manual wind, "high frequency" (28,800bph), circa 1970's.

Luch 3055:
Soviet made, 18 jewels, electronic balance wheel, circa 1970's.

Poljot 3017:
Soviet made, 19 jewels, manual wind, chronograph, circa late 1970's. As used in Sekonda chronograph watches worn by Soviet cosmonauts.

Raketa R2350:
Russian made, 8 jewels, quartz, circa 1990's.

Unitas 6300N:
Swiss made, 21 jewels, manual wind, copper plated, circa 1960's/70's.

Unitas 6497:
Swiss made, 17 jewels, manual wind, circa 2000's. A large movement often found in pocket watches as well as wrist watches.

Valjoux 7734:
Swiss made, manual wind, chronograph, circa 1960's. Used my many manufacturers of high quality watches, in this case Breitling.

Valjoux 7751:
Swiss made, 25 jewels, automatic, chronograph, with complications, circa 2000's.

Vostok Europe 2432:
Russian made, 31 jewels, automatic wind, circa 2000's. A poor picture of a very nicely decorated Vostok 2432.

Zaria Z1509B.1:
Russian made, 17 jewels, manual wind, circa 2000's. In this example, two such movements have been housed in a single case to provide a watch with two independently adjustable time zones. With thanks to Paul Groom for the use if his picture.

Zenith 19-34-3-T:
Swiss made, 15 jewels, micrometer adjustable balance, circa 1940's. This example is from a Zenith HS3 pocket watch issued to the Royal Navy's Hydrographic Service during the Second World War. It is apparently based on a movement used in pocket watches issued to the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War.

Zodiac 101:
Swiss made, 17 jewels, manual wind, circa 1970's. Based on a movement by ETA, the Zodiac 101 movement beats (ticks) 36,000 times per hour, twice as fast as ordinary movements.