subscription watch

[volyna]

Друзья, речь идет о часах La Tradition от Breguet, которые были inspired by SUBSCRIPTION WATCH. Что это? Может, кто-то встречал?

Буду благодарна за помощь!

[Олег Кузьменко]

По-моему, это то, что Вам надо:
http://www.hautehorlogerie.org/en/encyclopaedia/glossary/souscription-watch.html

[volyna]

спасибо, но не грузится. может, скопируете мне прямо сюда?
спасибо еще раз!

[Олег Кузьменко]

Souscription (watch)

(In French: souscription (montre de))

Between 1793 and 1795, Breguet sought refuge in Switzerland to escape the worst consequences of the Terror. It was then that the idea for a "souscription" (subscription) watch, which customers would reserve with a down payment, came to him. His ambition was to produce a reliable, accurate, quality watch at a reasonable cost price and in sufficiently large batches to satisfy demand. The calibre he created for these watches was especially elegant, with the barrel in the centre and a pleasing symmetrical layout for the train. Generally large in diameter, the souscription watch had a large dial graduated in five-minute increments so that time could be easily read, to within one or two minutes, with a single hand. This did away with the need for motion work, which incidentally causes friction.
A further advantage of these watches was that they were simple enough to be repaired and maintained by any watchmaker, which was far from true of other Breguet watches.

[Олег Кузьменко]

Это ссылка на сайт, посвященный часам, со словарем и энциклопедией:
http://www.hautehorlogerie.org/en/
М.б. Вам пригодится.

[volyna]

спасибо Вам большое! Вы мне оч помогли!