Oscillating turret — AMX 13 An oscillating turret is a form of turret for armoured fighting vehicles, both tanks and armoured cars. The turret is unusual in being made of two hinged parts. Both elevation and recoil rely on the upper part of the turret moving relative … Wikipedia
Escapement — redirects here. For the fisheries term for the stock surviving fishing pressures over a spawning cycle, see Spawn (biology). For other uses, see Escapement (disambiguation). A deadbeat escapement, used in many pendulum clocks. Click above to see… … Wikipedia
Automatic watch — An automatic or self winding watch is a mechanical watch, whose mainspring is wound automatically by the natural motion of the wearer s arm, to make it unnecessary to manually wind the watch. Most mechanical watches sold today are self winding.… … Wikipedia
Hamilton Watch Company — Infobox Company company name = Hamilton Watch Company company type = Member of the Swatch Group company company slogan = THE AMERICAN BRAND SINCE 1892 foundation = 1892, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA location city = Bienne location country =… … Wikipedia
Ulysse Nardin — is a watch manufacturer founded in 1846 in Le Locle, Switzerland. Historically Ulysse Nardin was best known for being a manufacturer of marine chronometers, but today Ulysse Nardin produces complicated mechanical watches.HistoryFounder,… … Wikipedia
Pedometer — Pe*dom e*ter, n. [Pedi , pedo + meter: cf. F. p[ e]dom[ e]tre.] (Mech.) An instrument for including the number of steps in walking, and so ascertaining the distance passed over. It is usually in the form of a watch; an oscillating weight by the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Vacuum Chronometer Corp. — 1952 saw the realisation of a new concept of watch case ecapseling a Swiss automatic movement under a vacuum of air of at least 80% giving birth to a very special watch, the Vacuum Chronometer, known for its incredible resistance to mpostire,… … Wikipedia
Omega Seamaster Omegamatic — The Omega Seamaster 200 Omegamatic with black dial. Type Automatic quartz Display Analogue Introduced 1997 … Wikipedia
Solar mass — Weight of the Sun redirects here. For the song, see Tao of the Dead. Size and mass of very large stars: Most massive example, the blue Pistol Star (150 ). Others are Rho Cassiopeiae (40 … Wikipedia
AMX 50 — Infobox Weapon name=AMX 50 caption=The AMX 50 cast hull with the Tourelle D , at Saumur origin= FRA type=Heavy tank is vehicle=yes length=7.35 m width=3.4 m height=3.35 m weight=57.8 metric tonnes suspension=torsion bar speed=51 km/h primary… … Wikipedia
AMX-50 — The AMX 50 cast hull with the Tourelle D, at Saumur Type Heavy tank Place of origin … Wikipedia