How to Use balance wheel in a Sentence

balance wheel

noun
  • Geneva stripes, a first for Omega, that start from the balance wheel and fan out to the edge of the backplate.
    — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2021
  • This balance wheel advancement reduces friction and therefore the need to oil the component.
    — Thomas Wojtowicz, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
  • The largest of these, MB&F’s hovering balance wheel, sits at the center of the dial.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Both the balance wheel and rotor combine elements of white gold and titanium, and the escape wheel is made of silicon.
    — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2021
  • There, Josephine, a young factory worker, produces the balance wheel at the heart of mechanical watches.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Although satisfying, motorists are encouraged to not use their foot to kick the ice, as being too aggressive could knock out the weights used to balance wheels.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The fully functioning piece comes with a balance wheel visible in the cabin like a tiny mechanical engine under glass.
    — Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 19 Jan. 2026
  • The large balance wheel is made from silicium, a technology that Ulysse Nardin pioneered.
    — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 5 May 2021
  • Shock proof and tough, the movement boasts traditional adjustment screws on the free sprung balance wheel in order to ensure higher precision.
    — Roberta Naas, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Its balance wheel is a combination of silicon and gold in order to minimize the weight and to optimize its quality.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The escapement is a flying carousel, a type of tourbillon that rotates once every 60 minutes around the dial, with the balance wheel in full view.
    — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 5 May 2021
  • Five years in the making, the new movement also has bidirectional winding and a balance wheel fit with inertia blocks to avoid unnecessary friction.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2022
  • What remains the same, is that the gold balance wheel system, positioned between 6 and 7 o’clock, which stays tilted at a 30-degree angle.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2021
  • His most famous watch, the Tsunami, incorporates a 15mm balance wheel, which is unusually large for a wristwatch.
    — Garth Friesen, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • The idea was to create a simple, streamlined and contemporary design focused on the source energy to the escapement that drives it, the barrels, and the large balance wheel.
    — Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2023
  • This is a 4 Hz movement with 404 components and space-ship-like De Bethune bridges juxtaposed with a large balance wheel.
    — Thor Svaboe, Robb Report, 2 Feb. 2026
  • These tiny arms and balance wheels are all manually assembled by workers, using microscopic lenses in ultra-sterile workspaces.
    — Chris Rovzar, Bloomberg.com, 18 Sep. 2017
  • Housed in a 41 mm stainless steel case, this timepiece is powered by one of the brand’s most precise movements thanks to its second balance wheel and balance-spring assembly, which is on the same axis.
    — Sophie Furley, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Because the talent pool, those artisans who can guilloche a dial or polish a balance wheel or hand-carve numerals to such rarefied standards, is limited and shrinking rather than expanding.
    — Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Five years in the making, the movement has bidirectional winding, a balance wheel fit with inertia blocks to avoid unnecessary friction, and comes with an extra-thin date-setting mechanism.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The power reserve offers five days of autonomy, a titanium balance wheel, a silicon escapement wheel, and a triple shock-absorbing system.
    — Thor Svaboe, Robb Report, 2 Feb. 2026
  • This architecture delivers consistent power to the balance wheel to ensure flawless precision.
    — Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Caliber 3132 employs a dual balance wheel, which is a unique approach to minimizing the tilt of the balance staff (the axil on which the balance wheel oscillates back and forth).
    — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 1 July 2024
  • The classic mechanical movement relies on the release of energy from a wound-up spring to swing a balance wheel in order to keep time, and there are a million little things that can undermine the precision of this process.
    — Vlad Savov, The Verge, 7 July 2018
  • In place of a discrete escapement controlled by an oscillating balance wheel, there is a rotating glide wheel that is electrically braked by magnets controlled using a quartz oscillator.
    — David Flett, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2024
  • This limited edition of just 18 pieces offers an ultra-lightweight construction from the titanium case and bezel to the silicon balance wheel and oscillator.
    — Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 2025
  • On a watch, the traditional oscillator has over 30 parts including a balance wheel and a balance spring, which contribute to a watch’s accuracy through a back-and-forth rotation.
    — Michael Clerizo, WSJ, 31 July 2018
  • In watchmaking terms an escapement transfers energy to watch's timekeeping element, like a pendulum or balance wheel, and keeps track of the repetitive oscillations inside the watch.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 11 May 2018
  • The double balance was developed in an effort to provide greater stability within the regulating organ by using two balance wheels connected to a single balance staff to reduce lateral movement.
    — Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The dial proclaims the movement’s 10-day power reserve with a large power reserve indicator in its own subdial at 3 o’clock, with a big red pointer, balanced by the large balance wheel on display at 8 o’clock.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2025

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