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Quiz: 2025.02.01 Quiz (Chime Challenge)

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A Lange & Sohne Richard Lange Minute Repeater (2022)

Case is in PT950 in 39mm diameter and thickness at 9.7mm. Manual winding Lange manufacture calibre L122.1, hand finishing and assembled, this is the 69th Lange movement; there are many features on this minute repeating movement. The chiming mechanism has a pause elimination feature. It skips the common pause between the hour and minute strike when no double tone must be struck for the quarter hours in the first 14 minutes after the top of the hour. To prevent damage to the chiming mechanism, it was equipped with a safety device so that the minute repeater cannot be activated while the crown is pulled out. Further, the crown cannot be pulled out when the chiming mechanism is active. Finally, the patented hammer blocker causes the hammers to dwell in their home position for fractions of a second after the gongs have been struck. Thus, the rebounding hammers cannot bounce and strike the gongs again. The watch is paired with a black, hand-stitched leather strap with a platinum deployant buckle. Power reserve is 72 hours Limited to 50pcs.  Priced at €409,000

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BULGARI Octo Finissimo Minute Repeater (2022)
  • Sandblasted titanium case in 40mm with a thickness of 6.61mm, sapphire display caseback, blue dial with hour indexes skeletonized, paired with blue rubber strap, titanium buckle.
  • Manual winding calibre BVL362 at 3.12mm thickness. Minute repeater pusher at 9 o’clock.
  • Power reserve is 42 hrs
  • Priced at 195,000€
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AUDEMARS PIGUET CODE 11.59 BY AUDEMARS PIGUET ULTRA-COMPLICATION UNIVERSELLE RD#4 (2023)

Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 Universelle RD4 (2023). 18k white gold case in 42mm with a thickness of 15.5mm, ultra-complication with 23 complications, 40 functions. Openworked dial, sapphire crystal with display caseback, water resistance to 20m. Automatic in house calibre 1000, 90 jewels, 1140 components, calibre size 34.3mm x 8.8mm. Its is a minute repeater, grand / petite sonnerie, flying tourbillon, chronograph flyback and split-seconds, perpetual calendar. Power reserve is 64 hours Priced at CHF 1,600,000  This watch is the Grand Prix winner of the 2023 GPHG

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Chopard L.U.C Full Strike Titanium (2022)

Anthracite ceramicised titanium case in 42.5mm with a thickness of 11.55mm, lacquered sage green dial,sapphire crystal with display case back. Manual winding LUC 08.01-L movement, Chopard patented : safety device on the minute repeater, phantom quarter, monobloc sapphire crystal gong, COSC chronometer certified. Power reserve is 60hrs Limited to 20pcs. Price on request

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H. Moser Swiss Alp Watch Minute Repeater Tourbillon (2018)

18k white gold case in 45.8mm x 39.8mm. Laser machined mosaic green effect dial. One minute flying tourbillon at 6 o’clock. While minute repeater is nothing new to the market, this Swiss Alp watch Minute Repeater faces many different challenges. First, the constrains on the shape of the gongs (2 in this watch); because of the watch’s rectangular case, the gongs were extremely difficult to produce while maintaining a quality sound effect. Not only with constraints at the angles of the gongs but also those of the case; the case went thru extensive work, the case middle is widened to maximize the pace to create a large soundbox. Manual C 901 caliber with 90 hours power reserve. Unique Piece. Priced at 292,000.00 CHF Swipe left to check out the sound

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Greubel Forsey Grande Sonnerie (2017)

Titaninum case in 43.5mm. 11 years of development, 935 parts, 11 safety system, 3 selection modes: Grande Sonnerie, Petite Sonnerie and Silence, Minute Repeater, Cathedral gong, Hammer visible on the dial side, Silent Striking regulator, 20-hour striking mechanism power reserve Automatic winding of the striking mechanism Tourbillon 24 Secondes. Power reserve is at 72hour Priced at 1,150,000.00CHF

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Hermès Arceau Duc Attelé (2024)

Case is in 18k rose gold in 43mm, sapphire crystal with display case back; water resistant to 30m. The watch is one of Hermes’ rare grand complications; an all new hand-wound Calibre H1926, with a central triple-axis tourbillon and a minute repeater, running on a 5Hz balance. The movement is an extensive development by Le Cercle des Horlogers. Technically complicated but also keeping its elegance, emphasizing Hermès’s rich equestrian heritage, the watch dial and movement details nod to the Duc Attelé carriage, marrying technical mastery with thematic elegance. And if you take a deeper look at the movement construction, you can see it mimic a horse and carriage, and when the minute repeater is activated, the horse will move.

Power reserve is 48-hour.

Limited to 24 pcs

Price on request

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JCBIVER watches Carillon Tourbillon Biver (2023)

Titanium case in 42mm with a thickness of 13.7mm, sapphire crystal and caseback, water resistant to 50m. Sodalite dial with titanium bracelet. Automatic movement calibre JCB001 (Le Cercle des Horlogers), platinum micro rotor, carillon minute repeater and tourbillon. Power reserve is 72hrs Limited to 18pcs Priced at CHF520,000

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Piaget Grande Sonnerie (1996)
  • Piaget’s executives commissioned François-Paul Journe to design and produce a prototype of this watch.
  • 18k gold case is 37 x 12 mm, considering its housing a magnificent Grande Sonnerie, a petite Sonnerie, a minute repeater, a power reserve indicator and an auxiliary seconds hand at 6 o’clock.
  • Movement is the Calibre 1996P manual winding with 33 jewels, 350 components , two barrels and a 36-hour power reserve.
  • The watch also features a function selector to set it to chime or silent mode.
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Vacheron Constantin 14-Day Tourbillon (2013)

Patrimony Traditionnelle Caliber 2755 This is a grande complication watch, tourbillon, minute repeater and perpetual calendar.The manual winding Calibre 2755 movement beats at 2.5Hz, Geneva seal, with over 602 parts, 58 hours power reserve. 18k rose gold case in 44mm. Priced at US$699,000.00

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