MEASOS feasibility study: MEASurement system for mechanical watch OScillator. Next generation watch noiseless high frequency mechanical oscillators currently in development will require new instruments for their characterization.

• Research unit: INNOSUISSE
• Project number: 14273.2;5 PFNM-NM

Short description (German)

MEASOS feasibility study: MEASurement system for mechanical watch OScillator. Next generation watch noiseless high frequency mechanical oscillators currently in development will require new instruments for their characterization.

Short description (English)

MEASOS feasibility study: MEASurement system for mechanical watch OScillator. Next generation watch noiseless high frequency mechanical oscillators currently in development will require new instruments for their characterization.

Abstract (German)

The MEASOS feasibility study will select and test optical measurement technologies suitable to characterize next generation mechanical watch oscillators. These oscillators will have properties largely different from the common balance spring mechanical oscillators based on Swiss lever escapements, such as increased frequency, small amplitude, and total lack of acoustic noise. Such properties make available measurement systems unsuited and a new generation has to be developed.

Abstract (English)

The MEASOS feasibility study will select and test optical measurement technologies suitable to characterize next generation mechanical watch oscillators. These oscillators will have properties largely different from the common balance spring mechanical oscillators based on Swiss lever escapements, such as increased frequency, small amplitude, and total lack of acoustic noise. Such properties make available measurement systems unsuited and a new generation has to be developed.