Signature Analysis of Mechanical Watch by Reassigned Scalogram

This paper presents a new method for the signature analysis of mechanical watch movements. Contrary to the existing method, it analyzes the time-frequency features of mechanical watch movement through a combination of reassigned scalogram and Finite Element Analysis (FEA). By mapping the signal into a 2D domain of time and frequency, the reassigned scalogram reveals the frequency components of the shocks at different time. On the other hand, FEA gives the modal frequencies of the movements. By comparing the frequency components at different shocks to the modal frequencies of the movement, possible malfunctions of the movement can then be detected. A number of demonstration examples are included.