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With my SMP 007 LE off for servicing, I've resorted to an old automatic Swiss watch given to me in '79. Funny story really... this was around the time when the first LED digital watches were available and more and more wristwatches were becoming electronic. Over the subsequent years I really wanted one of those new fancy watches whose second hand jumped exactly from one second marker to the next - Wow!
After more than 10 years with a multifunction quartz, I find myself back with a sweeping second hand, but this time regarding it as a far superior movement to the jumping one.
Anyway, the watch on my wrist today is a "Tegrov" and has the curious designation of Incabloc, which back in the late 70's meant nothing to me and the thickest dictionary couldn't help much either. The mystery is now starting to unravel, thanks to the internet.
So, anyone have an explanation for this movement? It appears to have been used by many watch makers including Omega, Breitling and Fortis, on both automatics and manual winders. There's even an "Incabloc demonstration model" on ebay today (item #6585236980)
While not a chronometer, the old Tegrov is still accurate to within 30 seconds/day, even having sat in a draw, unwound for the last 15 years.
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