Let's Talk About: Power Reserve - with our Co-Founder Claude

While innovation at Armin Strom is (mostly) focused on the development of novel solutions to centuries-old watchmaking challenges, sometimes we invent something new out of purely aesthetic considerations - ‘just for the fun of it’. In the upcoming “Let’s Talk About” session we’ll be focusing on the aesthetic ambition and mechanical inventiveness of the reimagined power reserve on our “One Week” steel-sports timepiece. It’s a three-dimensional power reserve indicator that operates by virtue of a mechanism linked to the ratchet wheel, which in turn is linked to the mainspring barrel. As the barrel winds up or runs down, the cone travels vertically. Winding the timepiece pushes the cone and causes it to travel vertically upwards. As the mainspring unwinds, the cone is pulled downwards. It’s an informative visual treat inspired by vintage pocket watches.