“Made in Schramberg” for 160 years

A technically complex process powers the time display in mechanical watches. The motion of the rotor or the winding crown tightens the mainspring and thus supplies it with the necessary reserve of energy. The mainspring gradually releases this power to the gear train, thus keeping the precise mechanism in motion until the mainspring has expended its reservoir of power. The “Meister Power Reserve Edition 160” relies on a colored index-shaped indicator to show how much energy remains in the mainspring to power the movement. This sophisticated form of display is inspired by a historic model from the 1950s. Junghans offers three variants, each limited to 160 timepieces: one stainless steel model is impressive thanks to its fine silver-plated dial and its seven-row metal bracelet, which was specially designed for this collection; another model has a blue sunburst dial and a leather strap; and the third variant combines a gold-colored case, a leather strap and a silver-plated dial. Color-matched to each of the three variants, the power-reserve display blends harmoniously with the Meister’s elegant design. A green-yellow-red display, similar to the colors of a traffic light, indicates the power reserve of the model with a stainless steel bracelet. On the two versions with leather straps, the power-reserve indicator grows even more striking as the remaining tension in the mainspring decreases: the aperture in the dial becomes increasingly gray up to the halfway point of the remaining power reserve, when red appears in the window to signal that the mainspring has nearly exhausted its reserve of energy.