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Andreas,

Thanks, this helps a lot. It is kind of what I thought that the vibration would not "overwind" the watch but wasn't sure about other issues.

Years ago I was interested in Rolex watchs. It seems to me I remember reading in their old brochures about Incabloc. Do you know if this a Rolex design or something others have been using for years.

This
: Bob,

: "Does anyone know how

: riding your m-cycle should be no problem. The
: really tricky part in the Seamaster as in
: any other automatic watch is the rotor, it's
: the heart of the automatic drive, spinning
: forth and back with 28.000 cycles a minute.
: This rotor is suspended in the Incabloc
: system used by Omega and other
: manufacturers. The rotor-coil runs in two
: small jewels of the numerous jewels there
: are in the Seamaster movement 1120. These
: two rotor-jewels, which serve as a
: ball-bearing on each end of the rotor coil,
: so that the rotor can turn with the lowest
: friction, are hold by two suspension clasps
: for each jewel, the Incabloc system. So
: vibrations like from a motor cycle poise no
: real threat. Really risky is, if your watch
: would fall down in the bathroom e.g. from
: the clothet onto solid ground, or if your
: watch would fall off your arm onto the
: street. This very brutal short force can
: damage the rotor-coil, it's suspension
: system and other fine pieces of the
: movement.
: Hope this helps.

: Cheers,
: Andresa