Self-Winding Watches (Automatic Watches)
Self-winding rotor watch, circa 1780, dial signed "Mazzi a Locarno". One of only five rotor watches known at the moment, which were probably designed by Hubert Sarton.
- A description of the watch factory set up by Christin and Viala.
Christin: "Nouvelle Manufacture D'horlogerie, dans la Ville de Pfortzheim" (1771)
- French description of the watch factory set up by Christin and Viala.
- Description of the inventions made by Hubert Sarton.
- French description of the inventions made by Hubert Sarton.
Mundschau, Roobaert and Watkins: "Documents Concerning Christin" (2014)
- Facsimiles and translations. Christin was an enigmatic person who designed a self-winding watch circa 1778.
Sarton: "Abridged Description of Several Pieces of Horology" (1789)
- Description of 9 horological and 2 other inventions.
Sarton: "Description Abregee de Plusieurs Pieces d'Horlogerie" (1789)
- French description of 9 horological and 2 other inventions.
Watkins: "Animations of self-winding watch stop-work" (2016)
- A number of animations to show how stop-work functions.
Watkins: "Joseph Flores,Twenty-Five Years 1993 - 2018" (2018)
- A note on the importance of the work of Joseph Flores and its impact on the history of self-winding watches.
- An article prompted by the question "Did Breguet use his mathematical knowledge?".
Watkins: "The Origins of Self-Winding Watches, 1773-1779" (Second Edition, 2016)
- A comprehensive, historical and technical study of the origins of automatic watches.
Watkins: "Review of Sabrier 'The Self-Winding Watch', 2011" (2013)
- Review of the book that resulted in me writing "The Origins of Self-Winding Watches, 1773-1779". Direct link to the pdf file.
Watkins: "Searching for Tlusios, The earliest, important document on automatic watches?" (2013)
- Short history of the search to find documents.
Illustration: Self-winding rotor watch, circa 1780, dial signed "Mazzi a Locarno".
One of only five rotor watches known at the moment, which were probably designed by Hubert Sarton.