Picture of Kingfisher quartz-movement

Hans · Post by **Hans** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 1:41 pm

A picture of the Kingfisher quartz-movement:

Rick · Post by **Rick** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 1:47 pm

Blimey Hans,It looks tiny compared to the watch, i was expecting something a bit more manly looking and case filling.
It's nice that it's CW signed though

dant100 · Post by **dant100** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:37 pm

Its not bad looking as far as quartz movements go.

Hans · Post by **Hans** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 4:25 pm

I agree, I wouldn't recommend a glass see-thru case-back

dant100 · Post by **dant100** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:07 pm

Hans wrote:I agree, I wouldn't recommend a glass see-thru case-back

Hell no!!

MiniMpi · Post by **MiniMpi** » Sat May 07, 2011 3:35 am

Hans wrote:A picture of the Kingfisher quartz-movement:

Thanks for this Hans

Post by **Kip** » Sat May 07, 2011 3:39 am

Someone is doing their reading homework.

MiniMpi · Post by **MiniMpi** » Sat May 07, 2011 3:43 am

Kip wrote:Someone is doing their reading homework.

Hehe

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Sat May 07, 2011 7:52 am

I'm glad this popped up, I totally missed it back then

One question, it the battery held in place by the plastic spacer?

jmarchitect · Post by **jmarchitect** » Sat May 07, 2011 11:28 am

Thanks for taking the time to post the picture Hans. What a soulless thing it is though? The plastic spacers...the wiring...the battery... give me a mechanical every day of the week.

Post by **Kip** » Sat May 07, 2011 12:03 pm

Richard wrote:I'm glad this popped up, I totally missed it back then

One question, it the battery held in place by the plastic spacer?

The battery is actually held in place by the spring clips. You can see them grabbing the surface of the battery.

The spacers are designed with the battery tab as a backup should the clips fail or the battery gets jarred loose. The idea
is that the tab would keep enough pressure between the caseback and battery to keep contact so the watch will keep running. This is more theory than a reality function though.

28800bph · Post by **28800bph** » Mon May 09, 2011 12:53 am

I noticed that the Ronda 715 in the Kingfisher has 5 jewels, as noted on the movement. You can see it in the photo from Hans. I noticed the same in my Kingfisher that was manufactured in 2008.

And I just opened my quartz C5, and its Ronda 715 has only 1 jewel. It is not engraved with the cut-out CW logo, and is a rougher finished plain metal vs. the shiny smooth gold coating.

I guess they must have different versions of this movement. The one in the kingfisher here must be "elabore" grade!!!

If it also had blued screws and perlage, would it have soul?

Post by **Kip** » Mon May 09, 2011 1:51 am

The Ronda 715 used in the C5Q is the standard version with 1 jewel.

The C6 movement is the Ronda Normtech 715 with 5 jewels.

28800bph · Post by **28800bph** » Mon May 09, 2011 3:49 am

Thanks Kip, I just looked up both Normtech versions of the 715 -- the 5 jewel version is designated as "Swiss Made" and the 1 jewel version is designated as "Swiss Parts." The Swiss Made is different in that it has end of life indicator. Otherwise I don't see any difference in specifications. The names imply that the "Swiss Parts" version is not assembled in a Swiss factory.

So I guess it is OK to use a "Swiss Parts" movement and still designate the whole watch as "Swiss Made."

wymore · Post by **wymore** » Fri May 13, 2011 11:16 pm

Kip wrote:The spacers are designed with the battery tab as a backup should the clips fail or the battery gets jarred loose. The idea is that the tab would keep enough pressure between the caseback and battery to keep contact so the watch will keep running. This is more theory than a reality function though.

So how do you move the tab to get to the battery?

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