TIME TEST (EN)

[sureshot]

zdroj: http://www.watchtime.com/2010/06/time-test-it%E2%80%99s-automatic/

 

1. Which of the following automatic watches was launched first?

A. Zenith El Primero

B. Eterna EternaMatic

C. Rolex Perpetual

D. Omega Centenary

 

2. Which watchmaker is widely believed to be the inventor of the automatic winding system in use today?

A. George Graham

B. John Harrison

C. Louis Cotter

D. Abraham-Louis Perrelet

 

3. Which company makes what are often called ?clones,? i.e., near copies, of ETA?s most popular automatic movements?

A. Sellita

B. APRP

C. Dubois Dépraz

D. Ronda

 

4. Which watch has a self-winding system with a linear oscillating weight rather than a rotor?

A. TAG Heuer Monaco V4

B. TAG Heuer Pendulum

C. DeWitt Academia

D. Parmigiani Bugatti

 

5. Which of the following Rolex watches is NOT an automatic?

A. Air King

B. Datejust

C. Cellini Prince

D. None of the above. They are all automatics.

 

6. Which two companies were the first to introduce automatic watches with microrotors?

A. Hamilton and Breitling

B. Buren and Universal Gen?ve

C. Heuer and Omega

D. Leonidas and Movado

 

7. When did the first Japanese-made automatic watch come out?

A. 1935

B. 1942

C. 1950

D. 1956

 

8. An unusual feature of Carl F. Bucherer?s in-house, self-winding Caliber CFB A 1000 is its

A. Two winding rotors

B. Rotor made of synthetic sapphire

C. Rotor that moves around the periphery of the movement

D. Rotor more than twice the normal thickness

 

9. What company uses the Magic Lever in its automatic winding system?

A. Seiko

B. Montblanc

C. Rolex

D. Patek Philippe

 

10. Who was John Harwood?

A. The Aegler engineer who designed the Perpetual movement

B. The ETA engineer who designed the 7750

C. The inventor of bi-directional winding

D. None of the above

 

11. Which of the following was an early automatic wristwatch?

A. The Zig-Zag

B. The Wig-Wag

C. The Autorist

D. B and C

 

12. Which two automatic-winding-related events occurred in 1948?

A. The patent on Rolex?s Perpetual winding system expired.

B. Eterna doubled the efficiency of the winding system then in widespread use.

C. LeCoultre introduced the first series-produced wristwatch movement with power-reserve indicator.

D. A and C

E. A and B

F. B and C

 

odpovede tu

[Micey]

Teda.. dost bída, až mě to skoro překvapilo. Pět z dvanácti správně, a to jsem ještě tak dvě otipoval:)

[skalis]

Tak mam 4 chyby neboli 8 spravne. Jsem spokojenej, neni to takova hruza, i kdyz nejedna odpoved byl (kvalifikovany) odhad .

[wave ceptor]

taky jsem to chtěl zkusit , ale nepřečtu to.teda přečtu ale tomuto jazyku nerozumím.

Upraveno 28. června 2010 uživatelem wave ceptor

[StanoBare]

hmmm 5 chybnych...v poslednej otazke mna zmiatol-nezmiatol Breguet a presne ho aj v odpovediach spominaju, takze som sa nevedel rozhodnut.