When Was Incabloc First Used?

Incabloc was developed in 1933 and introduced in its current form in 1938. It remains one of the most popular shock protection methods.

When was incabloc introduced?

It was invented in 1934 by Swiss engineers Georges Braunschweig and Fritz Marti, at Universal Escapements, Ltd, of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. It is manufactured by Incabloc, S.A. Similar systems are ETA's Etachoc, Kif, Seiko's Diashock, and Citizen's Parashock.

What is a incabloc 17 jewels?

17 jewels makes it a "fully-jeweled" time piece, i.e. an appropriate number of jewels for a reliable mechanical watch. The jewels are there to provide hard surfaces for friction points inside the watch mechanism to improve reliability, they do not provide a cosmetic purpose.

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