Calendarium

Timeline of Watchmaking Innovations. Pocket & Wristwatch Movement Evolution

2018

Triple Split The Ultimate Chronograph

A. Lange & Söhne
Mechanical split-seconds chronograph

2017

The Zenith Defy LAB Oscillator

Zenith
Zenith Oscillator

2017

Digital display of jumping seconds

F.P. Journe
Digital jumping seconds display

2015

Indication the date of Yom Kippur for the current year

Vacheron Constantin
Data Yom Kippur

2013

Sliding button of chronograph mechanism

Glycine
Airman Airfighter

2013

Display of three time zones by separate hourly hands

Glycine
Airman Seven

2013

Antimagnetic components (escapement, regulating organ) for mechanical movements

Omega
Omega 15000 Gauss Technology

2012

Wristwatch chronograph measuring event time up to 5/10 000 seconds

Tag Heuer
Mikrogirder

2011

Unique shape of oscillator and modified geometry escapement

Patek Philippe
Oscillomax®

2010

Magnetic oscillator without hairspring

Tag Heuer
Pendulum movement

2010

Innovative tourbillon with balance wheel outside the cage

Montblanc
ExoTourbillon

2009

Spherodrive ball-bearing mounted barrel rotor system

Eterna
Spherodrive

2008

Peripherial rotor - serial mounted

Carl F. Bucherer
Peripherial rotor

2008

Helicoidal Spring

Philip Lutolf
Helicoidal Power

2008

Constant-Force Escapement with "buckling" silicon blade

Nicolas Déhon/Girard-Perregaux [2013 Girard-Perregaux]
Constant-Force Escapement GP

2007

Duomètre - a separate barrel to each watch's timekeeping

Jaeger-LeCoultre
Dual-Wing concept

2007

Concept Gyrolab balance wheel shaped like a rounded H

Jaeger-LeCoultre
Extreme Lab

2006

Ball bearing-mounted Big Date disc with integrated gear toothing

Eterna
Vaughan Big Date

2005

Vertical-trigger chronograph

Jaeger-LeCoultre
Chronograph with vertical trigger

2005

The Dragon lever for adjust escapement

H.Moser&Cie
Dragon lever

2005

STOP-SECONDS tourbillon

A.Lange & Sohne
STOP-SECONDS tourbillon

2005

Interchangeable Moser escapement module

H. Moser & Cie
Interchangeable escapement

2005

Dual Ulysse escapement made of synthetic diamond grown on silicon

Ludwig Oechslin/Ulyssese Nardin
Dual Ulysse escapement DiamonSil

2004

Triple-Axis Flying Tourbillon in a wristwach

Thomas Prescher
Flying Triple-Axis Tourbillon

2004

Split Minute Chronograph

International Watch Company
Rattrapante function for minutes

2004

Double Split Chronograph

A. Lange & Söhne
Double-rattrapante function

2004

Chronograph with a stop display based on a combined mechanical and digital design

Eterna
Stopwatch - digital seconds display

2004

Belt-driven watch

Tag Heuer
Monaco V4

2004

Automatic Linear Winding Weight

Tag Heuer [Corum-2011]
Monaco V4

2003

Gyroscopic tourbillon

Thomas Prescher [Jaeger-LeCoultre-2004]
Flying double-axis tourbillon

2002

Dynamographe

Audemars Piquet
Dynamograph

2000

The ZERO-RESET mechanism patented

A.Lange & Sohne
ZERO-RESET mechanism

2000

The Dual Direct escapement system

Ulyssese Nardin
Ulysse Dual FreakLab

1999

Constant Escapement

Nicolas Déhon [Rolex]
Escapement-Blade-Buckle

1999

Co-Axial Escapement

1983

Date of Easter indication

Patek Philippe
Date of Easter

1980

Co-Axial concept escapement

George Daniels
Co-Axial prototype

1974

Stopwatch mechanism with cam lever

Valjoux
Valjoux 7750

1972

Secular calendar

Patek Philippe [PP-1986; Svend Andersen-1996]
Secular perpetual calendar

1971

First mechanical watch in plastic

Tissot
Astrolon

1969

Automatic chronograph Heuer-Breitling venture

Jack Heuer/Tag Heuer
Chronomatic Caliber 11

1969

Automatic chronograph fully integrated

Zenith
El Primero

1967

Drive spring with two barrels arrangement for watch movement

Buren
Patent US3479813 A

1960

High-speed date re-setting

Atlantic
Speedswitch

1955

Peripheral winding rotor

Paul Gostel
Patents to peripheral rotor

1954

Micro-rotor for automatic movements

Buren
INTRAmatic, Super Slenders

1953

Hack system

Glycine
Stop second system

1953

Bumper winding

Jaeger-LeCoultre
Futurematic

1949

System of adjusting the balance and spring assembly

Patek Philippe
Gyromax

1948

Power reserve indicator in wristwatch

Jaeger-LeCoultre
Réserve de Marche

1948

The Ball-bearing mounted rotor system

Eterna
Eterna-Matic

1946

The exacomatic pivoting patented

Vulcain
Exactomatic

1946

Pellaton Automatic Winding System

Albert Pellaton/IWC
Automatic Winding System

1934

The second pusher chronograph

Willy Breitling
Two buttons chronograph

1933

Nivarox hairspring for balance wheel

H. C. Reinhard Straumann
Nivarox

1931

The alarm wristwatch with a 8-day power capacity

Eterna
First series-production wristwatch with alarm

1931

Rolex Auto Rotor Perpetual Movement

Emil Borer, Aegler/Rolex
Automatic winding 360 degrees

1931

Glycine automatic

Eguene Meylan, Glycine
Calibre 18 Glycine

1930

The balance spring with the beryllium

Richard Lange/A.Lange & Sohne
Beryllium with the nickel-steel alloy for hairspring

1930

Antimagnetic wristwatch

Tissot
Antimagnetic

1924

Self-winding wristwatch

John Harwood [Jaeger-LeCoultre-1946]
Automatic winding 270 degrees

1916

Mikrograph stopwatch with ability to time to 1/ 100th of second

Charles Auguste Heuer
Mikrograph Stopwatch

1915

Wristwatch chronograph with independent pusher

Gaston Breitling
Independent pusher for chronograph operate

1908

Wristwatch featuring an alarm function

Eterna
Wristwatch with alarm

1892

Wristwatch featuring an minute repetier function

Louis Brandt & Frère/Omega [Audemars Piguet]
Wristwatch with minute repetier

1892

Karussel escapement

Bahne Bonniksen
Karussel

1889

Keyless winding system with a detachable winding stem

Jean Adrien Philippe
Detachable winding stem

1887

Oscillating Pinion

Edouard Heuer
Oscillating Pinion for chronograph movement

1883

Pallweber's pocked watch with digital display

Josef Pallweber
Jump-hour

1863

The sliding brace (end of the free mainspring)

Jean Adrien Philippe
Slipping spring

1844

Zero-reset heart cam

Adolphe Nicole
Cam-actuated heart shape lever

1838

Rattrapante chronograph (split-second)

Joseph Thaddäus Winnerl
Rattrapante (split second)

1831

One-hand Split-second system

Joseph Thaddaeus Winnerl
One-hand split-second

1830

Keyless winding and hand setting system operated by the crown

Antoine-Louis Breguet [L.Audemars-1838; J.A.Philippe-1844; A.LeCoultre-1847; F.A.Lange-1866]
Keyless winding watch

1828

Chronograph counter for physics and astronomy with flyback hand

Louis-Frédéric Perrelet
Double counter stopwatch

1825

Improved swiss escapement

G. A. Leschot
Swiss lever escapement

1821

The Chronograph - graphical recording of short time periods

Nicolas Mathieu Rieussec
A chronograph with Seconds Indicator

1820

Dual Time Zone

Jean-François Bautte
Dual Time Zone

1816

First Chronograph

Louis Moinet
Compteur de tierces

1801

Tourbillon

Abraham-Louis Breguet
Regulator Tourbillon

1795

Breguet overcoil

Abraham-Louis Breguet
Breguet balance-spring

1790

The shock protection system

Abraham-Louis Breguet
The Pare-chute

1783

The first self-winding perpetual calendar

Abraham-Louis Breguet
Breguet No. 92 “Duc de Praslin”

1782

Bimetallic balance wheel

Arnold J.
Compensation balance

1780

Worldtimer

Rouzier & Melley [Cottier-1930, Tissot-1951]
Worldtimer

1777

Self-Winding watch

Abraham-Louis Perrelet
Automatic watch

1776

The independent dead seconds watch

Jean-Moïse Pouzait [Breguet-1817; F.A.Lange-1867]
The Seconde Morte

1762

Perpetual calendar

Thomas Mudge
The very first perpetual calendar

1759

Improved Marine Chronometer

John Harrison
Improved chronometer escapement

1755

The detached lever escapement

Thomas Mudge
Lever escapement on a smaller scale in a watch

1748

Le Roy detent escapement mechanism

Pierre Le Roy
Chronometer escapement

1747

Mechanisms for the equation of time

Thomas Mudge [Abraham-Louis Breguet-1785]
Equation of time

1722

The rack lever escapement

Jean de Hautefeuille
Anchor of escapement

1704

First method for fabricating jewel bearings for mechanical watches and clocks

Nicolas Fatio
Jewel bearings

1695

The cylinder escapement

Thomas Tompion
Horizontal escapement

1690

The Wandering Hour

Joseph Windmills
The Wandering Hour

1676

Rack striking for repeating mechanism

Edward Barlow
Rack striking

1675

Balance spring watch

Christian Huygens
Hairspring

1510

Small wearable spring-driven clock

Peter Henlein
Clock-watch

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