Overview
‘HoroCaliber’ (or Horological Caliber) is an educational iOS application for watch enthusiasts and collectors that take an interest in what sits inside the case as the heart and brains of every timekeeping instrument.
The application consists of two independent modules:
- Reference Caliber Library
- Watch Collection Notebook
Caliber Library
The ‘Library’ module consists of a database of some of the most common movement manufacturers in the world of horology, along with their breakdown of calibers and respective specifications.
List of covered movement manufacturers:
- ETA
- ETERNA
- ISA
- MIYOTA
- RONDA
- SELLITA
- SOPROD
- VALANVRON
ETA
ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse (ETA SA Swiss Watch Manufacturer) designs and manufactures quartz mechanical and Swatch watch movements. Headquartered in Grenchen (Solothurn), Switzerland the company is the motorist of time at the heart of the Swatch Group.
Mechanical
- Mecaline
- Mecaline Specialities
- Mecaline Chronographes
Quartz
- Flatline: High-end brass quartz movements.
- Normflatline: Mid-range brass quartz movements.
- Trendline: Entry-level composite quartz movements.
- Fashionline: Entry-level composite quartz movements.
ETERNA
Eterna S.A. is a Swiss watch manufacturer established in 1856 in Grenchen, Switzerland by Josef Girard and Urs Schild.
Eterna is now owned by Hong Kong-based Citychamp Watch & Jewelry Group Limited (formerly known as China Haidian Holdings).
ISA
ISASWISS designs, develops and manufactures quartz movements.
ISASWISS’s line of movements is currently composed of 6 different families. From economic movements of the ISAQUARTZ family, up to the newer analogies and digitals synchronized movements of the ISADIGIT family.
First established under the name FABRIQUE D’EBAUCHES de SONCEBOZ and manufacturing mechanical watch movements, the turn to quartz movements took place in 1980.
The ISA group focused on the production of economical 6.75”’ quartz calibers in large quantities up to 2005. In 2006 the group becomes known as ISASWISS WATCH MECHANISMS and switches its focus to the production of complex quartz movements.
MIYOTA
Miyota was established in 1959 as a Japanese watch movement manufacturer and is now a subsidiary of Citizen Watch Co.
Born in 1981, the Cal. 2035 is Miyota’s signature model, recording a cumulative production of 1.7 billion by 1999 and 3.5 billion by 2005. All main parts are made of metal and manufactured at Miyota factories in Japan.
Mechanical
- 3 Hands/Calendar
- Eye & Calendar
- Skeleton
- Power Reserve
- Hand Winding
Basic
- 2 Hands
- 3 Hands
- 3 Hands with Date
- 3 Hands with Day/Date
- Large Calendar
- 10 Years Battery
Slim
- 2 Hands
- 3 Hands
- 2 Hands with Date
- 3 Hands with Date
- 3 Hands with Day/Date
- Small Second/Disc
- Extreme Small
Multi-Function
- 1 Eye
- 2 Eyes
- 3 Eyes
- 4 Eyes
- Moon Phase
- Retrograde
Chronograph
- Vertical 3 Eyes
- Horizontal 3 Eyes
- 2 Eyes
- 3 Eyes
- Retrograde Eyes
RONDA
Ronda AG is a Swiss manufacturer of quartz and mechanical watch movements. The company was founded in 1946 by William Mosset and is headquartered in Lausen (Basel-Landschaft), Switzerland.
It was at Baselworld 2016 that Ronda announced their re-entry into the mechanical movement business with the new R150 “Mecano” movement.
Mechanicals
- MECANO
Essentials
- XTRATECH
- SLIMTECH
- NORMTECH
- POWERTECH
Specials
- STARTECH
- MASTERTECH
SELLITA
Sellita is a Swiss movement manufacturer established in 1950 in La Chaux-de-Fonds (Neuchatel), Switzerland.
Originally a contractor to the Swatch Group giant, producing parts and movements under license, Sellita began producing their own movements in 2003.
SOPROD
Soprod SA Les Reussilles was founded in 1966 in Tramelan (Bern), Switzerland to produce mechanical watch movements.
Today, Soprod is the corporate parent within the Festina Group that produces Swiss watch components.
VALANVRON
Valanvron is a manufacturer of Swiss watch movements, mostly based on Sea-Gull ebauches from China. Their products qualify as Swiss Made based on local content and labor.
Watch Collection
The ’Collection’ module allows the user to build their own private watch collection library, while noting key features at the individual watch-level such as movement manufacturer/model, battery reference, in addition to other watch-related comments/notes (i.e. last time battery changed or work done on watch).
