How to Use balance wheel in a Sentence

balance wheel

noun

• Geneva stripes, a first for Omega, that start from the balance wheel and fan out to the edge of the backplate.
  — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2021
• The largest of these, MB&F’s hovering balance wheel, sits at the center of the dial.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2021
• The escapement is a flying carousel, a type of tourbillon that rotates once every 60 minutes around the dial, with the balance wheel in full view.
  — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 5 May 2021
• Nardin achieves this with a balance wheel that beats at the low frequency of 0.50 Hz and the considerable energy stored by the six extra-large barrels.
  — Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 20 July 2023
• What remains the same, is that the gold balance wheel system, positioned between 6 and 7 o’clock, which stays tilted at a 30-degree angle.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2021
• Both the balance wheel and rotor combine elements of white gold and titanium, and the escape wheel is made of silicon.
  — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2021
• There, Josephine, a young factory worker, produces the balance wheel at the heart of mechanical watches.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 10 Feb. 2022
• The large balance wheel is made from silicium, a technology that Ulysse Nardin pioneered.
  — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 5 May 2021
• Shock proof and tough, the movement boasts traditional adjustment screws on the free sprung balance wheel in order to ensure higher precision.
  — Roberta Naas, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2021
• Five years in the making, the new movement also has bidirectional winding and a balance wheel fit with inertia blocks to avoid unnecessary friction.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2022
• The classic mechanical movement relies on the release of energy from a wound-up spring to swing a balance wheel in order to keep time, and there are a million little things that can undermine the precision of this process.
  — Vlad Savov, The Verge, 7 July 2018
• The Oscillomax operates with a balance spring with a patented terminal curve called the Spiromx and an escapement with a lever and escape wheel, known as the Pulsomax, and an adjustable mass balance wheel, a.k.a. the Gyromax.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2022
• On a watch, the traditional oscillator has over 30 parts including a balance wheel and a balance spring, which contribute to a watch’s accuracy through a back-and-forth rotation.
  — Michael Clerizo, WSJ, 31 July 2018
• Built like an engine, the caliber’s twin barrels and 12-degree tilted balance wheel are designed to represent what is considered the signature movement of the Lamborghini Squadra Corse.
  — Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 1 July 2022
• These tiny arms and balance wheels are all manually assembled by workers, using microscopic lenses in ultra-sterile workspaces.
  — Chris Rovzar, Bloomberg.com, 18 Sep. 2017
• In watchmaking terms an escapement transfers energy to watch's timekeeping element, like a pendulum or balance wheel, and keeps track of the repetitive oscillations inside the watch.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 11 May 2018
• Its movement also includes a titanium and white gold balance wheel, De Bethune’s balance-spring with a flat terminal curve, a silicon escape wheel, a triple pare-chute shock absorbing system and an oscillating weight in titanium and platinum.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2022
• This architecture delivers consistent power to the balance wheel to ensure flawless precision.
  — Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2022
• Additionally, these movements include a silicon balance wheel, escape wheel, and pallet lugs, high-tech elements that contribute to the watch’s phenomenal 60-hour power reserve.
  — Elizabeth Doerr, Robb Report, 6 June 2023

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024