Nord Zeitmaschine - Variocurve
Variocurve is called the Clock, which has something revolutionary. The operation is rather difficult to put into words. The minute hand has no fixed pivot point like this in central or retrograde hands is the case. No, he remembers his eccentric movement of the drive rod of an old steam locomotive. Steampunk in the best sense. The pointer describes a displaced pivot point, a kidney-shaped movement, a variable curve, thus the name "VarioCurve". After his countless hours of building and simulating fog took a path that could solve the problem of how the two "dead spots" of the eccentric, while the display difficult to read would be, because the distance to be traveled is very short in this area. He designed "just" two small slices with the corresponding minute scales that range, care during this time for the detail view.
Variocurve V1
The minute hand alone is a fine-mechanical masterpiece. It is made from a special copper alloy called ARCAP that can be worked very well and is characterized by high strength and good anti-magnetic properties. The major difficulty in this part was, the tolerances of the sliding axis to be interpreted and implemented, that the pointer is stuck, but has so little friction that the movement required little effort as possible. "Sliding" he calls it in its technical description.
This shows the difference between then mercilessly on the screen and the simulation of reality that has already been many exceptional designs undoing. "Yes, I have ourselves quite properly," the fog rated masterpiece with his sympathetic understatement.
The minute hand is the most spectacular element of the Clock. Therefore, it is also visually edited with attention to detail. On the "side of the hammer," it has two wells, the fog - of course using a custom built tool - finely sandblasted. The edges are sanded and polished.
The bridges are made of ARCAP. The main bridge is the large area already known from previous time-machine mist striking stripes. You will first rhodium and then depending on the version with black, pink or yellow gold plated first. All prints on different disks and bridges made in the pad printing process, here again comes a savvy little machine is used, which has been continuously improved over the years.
It's "yes is only an ETA"
A total of 40 plant parts produced fog itself. The whole thing is driven by a motor, but proven, the automatic ETA caliber 2824th "Why should I develop all the work from scratch, if I can get the 2824 with such a reliable and good powertrain?" Fog says pragmatically. An attitude that represents the way, even the gifted Ludwig Oechslin and over again - he has repeatedly used as a basis for ETA drives his ingenious constructions. Nevertheless, we already on the watch forums for comments in German VarioCurve, "is' yes' only 's ETA ..."
Idiosyncratic is the construction of the lift rotor. This is all about and a little reminiscent of a fancy car rims. The remarkable thing is that it is milled from one piece, and in a way that is much less worn one half of the blank, whereby the weight - is asymmetrically distributed - invisible from above. This is essential for a functioning elevator performance.
The steel case is another example Nebel'schen work. The thick blank is machined in several steps, drilled, brushed and sandblasted. At 6-Clock position (or where they would be in normal clock) inside a special bulge is necessary so that the minute hand can make its entire stroke. The bezel and case back with sapphire crystal both are held by seven screws. Because of this indentation and the dismantling of the work is not easy, the minute hand must be removed first so that the work can be removed from its housing. But the trick was necessary because the clock had simply become too big. Now the housing measures just 44mm, making it very portable.
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Variocurve is called the Clock, which has something revolutionary. The operation is rather difficult to put into words. The minute hand has no fixed pivot point like this in central or retrograde hands is the case. No, he remembers his eccentric movement of the drive rod of an old steam locomotive. Steampunk in the best sense. The pointer describes a displaced pivot point, a kidney-shaped movement, a variable curve, thus the name "VarioCurve". After his countless hours of building and simulating fog took a path that could solve the problem of how the two "dead spots" of the eccentric, while the display difficult to read would be, because the distance to be traveled is very short in this area. He designed "just" two small slices with the corresponding minute scales that range, care during this time for the detail view.
Variocurve V1
The minute hand alone is a fine-mechanical masterpiece. It is made from a special copper alloy called ARCAP that can be worked very well and is characterized by high strength and good anti-magnetic properties. The major difficulty in this part was, the tolerances of the sliding axis to be interpreted and implemented, that the pointer is stuck, but has so little friction that the movement required little effort as possible. "Sliding" he calls it in its technical description.
This shows the difference between then mercilessly on the screen and the simulation of reality that has already been many exceptional designs undoing. "Yes, I have ourselves quite properly," the fog rated masterpiece with his sympathetic understatement.
The minute hand is the most spectacular element of the Clock. Therefore, it is also visually edited with attention to detail. On the "side of the hammer," it has two wells, the fog - of course using a custom built tool - finely sandblasted. The edges are sanded and polished.
The bridges are made of ARCAP. The main bridge is the large area already known from previous time-machine mist striking stripes. You will first rhodium and then depending on the version with black, pink or yellow gold plated first. All prints on different disks and bridges made in the pad printing process, here again comes a savvy little machine is used, which has been continuously improved over the years.
It's "yes is only an ETA"
A total of 40 plant parts produced fog itself. The whole thing is driven by a motor, but proven, the automatic ETA caliber 2824th "Why should I develop all the work from scratch, if I can get the 2824 with such a reliable and good powertrain?" Fog says pragmatically. An attitude that represents the way, even the gifted Ludwig Oechslin and over again - he has repeatedly used as a basis for ETA drives his ingenious constructions. Nevertheless, we already on the watch forums for comments in German VarioCurve, "is' yes' only 's ETA ..."
Idiosyncratic is the construction of the lift rotor. This is all about and a little reminiscent of a fancy car rims. The remarkable thing is that it is milled from one piece, and in a way that is much less worn one half of the blank, whereby the weight - is asymmetrically distributed - invisible from above. This is essential for a functioning elevator performance.
The steel case is another example Nebel'schen work. The thick blank is machined in several steps, drilled, brushed and sandblasted. At 6-Clock position (or where they would be in normal clock) inside a special bulge is necessary so that the minute hand can make its entire stroke. The bezel and case back with sapphire crystal both are held by seven screws. Because of this indentation and the dismantling of the work is not easy, the minute hand must be removed first so that the work can be removed from its housing. But the trick was necessary because the clock had simply become too big. Now the housing measures just 44mm, making it very portable.
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