E: 24/12 (daily advent) Trusted Watch - various watches

hertzyabazas

Day 1 - Das Boot Bootsmann Watch schwarz

http://www.trustedwatch.com/christmas

Q - In which watch collection did Omega introduce the new Co-Axial escapement by George Daniels?

A - De Ville


added to advents

pixiewolfe

Question from the 2. December
Which disadvantage does a half perpatual calender have, compared to a perpetual calender?

The calender has to be adjusted every 50 years by a watchmaker.
The date indicator has to be adusted daily to show the next day.
Leap years are not considered.

cornishpasty1

BUMP, as this thread has been missing all day, but thankfully re-instated by Glad :j

marialionza

A million thanks to Glad and another million to cornishpasty1!

Listerbelle

Thank you. So far, the first two questions are the same as last year.

One-Eye

Thursday 3rd December - Win a Brandtaucher Explorer - Value: 299€

In which year the well know chronographer movement Valjoux 7750 was introduced for the first time?

My answer from 03/12/2014 HERE = 1973

(as Listerbelle points out the questions in English are the same as 2014, but the prizes are different)

broughton

Question from the 3. December

In which year the well know chronographer movement Valjoux 7750 was introduced for the first time?

• - 1968
• - 1961
• - 1973

' In 1973, inspired by the automatics of Zenith, Heuer, et al., the Vall!e de Joux movement maker, Ébauches SA, adapted one of their old hand-cranked chrono movements and released the Valjoux 7750 to little fanfare. '


Source gear patrol

Could someone please confirm

One-Eye

Friday 4th December - Win an UHR-321 - Value: 229€

What is tested in the COSC chronometer test?

answer = The rate precision of the movement

myrrh

Question for 4 December

What is tested in the COSC chronometer test?
The rate precision of the movement.
The maximum tensile load of the wristband.
The scratch resistance of the glass.
I believe the answer is The rate precision of the movement from this
http://www.cosc.ch/chronometre.php?lang=en

Madrid

Is this an active competition? in T&C puts "Dezember 2010"
link here: trustedwatch.com/christmas/teilnahmebedingungen

tarball

Madrid wrote: »

Is this an active competition? in T&C puts "Dezember 2010"
link here: trustedwatch.com/christmas/teilnahmebedingungen

Yes, they run it each year and probably have forgotten to update the terms.