A DIFFERENTIATED APPROACH
The resonance phenomenon is generated by housing two movements in a single case in such a way that the balance wheels of both movements naturally influence and regulate each other by sharing vibrations. As these balance wheels oscillate in anti-phase, they gradually become synchronized mirror images of each other – and ultimately regulate each other’s motion via the phenomenon of resonance. Watchmaking’s long fascination with resonance, which began in the year 1655, was based on the early recognition that it could eventually be leveraged to achieve both chronometric consistency and timekeeping precision.
The challenge of resonance, however, has always been to overcome its fragility and achieve resilience against the disruptive effects of gravity, temperature changes, and motion on timepiece oscillation rates. To that end, the Dual Time GMT Resonance offers a differentiated, patented, and purpose-built suspension system called a clutch spring, which maintains the resonance phenomenon with unparalleled resilience against disruption. Inspired by Antide Janvier’s Resonance Clock, which he called a “Double-Dial Regulator,” the clutch spring acts as an efficient vibrational intermediary between the Dual Time GMT Resonance’s twin balance wheels. The clutch spring’s consistent sharing of vibrations enables balance wheel synchronization to be maintained in adverse conditions (such as the rocking of a ship or the motion and the ever-changing positions of the human wrist). Operating in what scientists call a “shared mode of motion,” the balance wheels are empowered by their resilient synchronization to consistently prevent the oscillation-rate deviations that would ordinarily occur in response to real-world stimuli. The phenomenon of resonance is generated and maintained solely via the consistent transmission and reception of shared vibrations.
