Description
The Quintus collection was developed in homage to the traditions of watchmaking and attests to Dornblüth’s reputation as master watchmakers. Father and son team, Dieter and Dirk Dornblüth, spent many years developing the in-house calibre that is housed within the Quintus range.
Fascinated by the Maltese Cross mechanism they saw in vintage pocket watches as well as watch designs from 1914 by Hermann Sievert, Dieter and Dirk Dornblüth, took on the task of developing a unique Maltese Cross construction aimed at optimising performance. Their system achieves an almost linear torque to power the balance by means of two barrels connected in series – the resulting component achieves a higher rate of accuracy, thus improved time keeping over time.
By incorporating their Maltese Cross construction into the in-house, Q-2010 calibre they were able to increase accuracy, and by integrating another classic, but forgotten, element of watchmaking from the 1940s, namely a short anchor escapement with a lowered escape wheel, they were able to considerably reduce the positional errors caused by the anchor escapement, making the Q-2010 calibre exceptionally precise.
This model features beautifully crafted, hand-applied indices for additional clarity and elegance.
Dornblüth & Sohn’s Q-2010 calibre sets a benchmark in in-house calibre manufacture and is definitely a noteworthy horological achievement for a small, family-owned company.
Movement: diameter 34.3 mm • height 4.7 mm • 28 rubies • power reserve 52 hours • 18,000 semi-oscillations per hour • inhouse developed and created movement • double barrel with indirect driven, visible Maltese cross spring for almost linear torque of the power to the movement (patent pending) • classic short anchor escapement with a lower escape wheel • red gold plated, grained three-quarter plate with yellow gold plated hand-engraving of manufactory name and serial number • retracing ratchet • sunburst finish on winding wheels • Glucydur screw balance with Nivarox-1-Breguet-spring • swan-neck fine adjustment on the hand-engraved balance cock • screws flat polished, heat-blued, with bevelled edges • indirect center second driven by third wheel to the center second pinion
Case: polished / burnished, double screw union • diameter 38.5 mm • height 10.0 mm • 1.0 mm sapphire glass on top, slightly domed and antireflected inside • screwed sapphire glass base • oversized crown with embossed manufactory name solid nickel-free stainless steel, polished / burnished
Dial: central display of hours and minutes • power reserve scale at “12 o’clock” • eccentric second display at “6 o’clock” • engraved brass dial with the grained, silky matte finished surface of historical ship chronometers • engraving technique in the tradition of old precision pendulum clocks • black engraving
Hands: steel, hand-polished and heatblued
