Minute Repeaters

[E-man82 0]

I have grown to appreciate the different functions of watches rather then just the brands, and would like to own at least one in every category from your most basic through Perpetual Calendars and up to the holy grail Tourbillons.

 

My next steps is a Minute Repeater, for those newbies who are unfamiliar with Minute Repeaters:

Repeater (horology) From Wikipedia,

 

 

A repeater is a complication in a mechanical watch that audibly chimes the hours and often minutes at the press of a button. There are many types of repeater, from the simple repeater which merely strikes the number of hours, to the minute repeater which chimes the time down to the minute, using separate tones for hours, quarter hours, and minutes. They originated before widespread artificial illumination, to allow the time to be determined in the dark,and were also used by the visually impaired.

 

Question @ $280, could this be the most affordable Minute Repeater on the market?

 

Invicta 10915 Minute Repeater

 

 

http://www.ebay.com/...#ht_3987wt_1398

Edited November 4, 2013 by E-man82

[fetasigma 0]

nice watch, it might be the cheapest and it is nice looking, but a minute repeater in a quartz watch is not all that amazing...now a mechanical minute repeater.........wow

[E-man82 0]

examples?

[Edge22 0]

examples?

 

How about a cheap Patek Philippe?

 

http://www.ebay.com/bhp/patek-philippe-minute-repeater

[Mechwarrior 2]

not in this price range

[E-man82 0]

The best of both worlds a Tourbillon-Minute Repeater and only $750K, I will put that Patel Philippe 5016 on my wish list for XMAS, lol

Edited November 8, 2013 by E-man82

[headhunt3r 0]

nice watch, it might be the cheapest and it is nice looking, but a minute repeater in a quartz watch is not all that amazing...now a mechanical minute repeater.........wow

 

+1

 

Too bad mechanical minute repeaters are going to be at least 100 times the price of that invicta

[E-man82 0]

off the subject but for the record its called "TOUBILLON" and not "TOURBILLION" correct?

[RichardMiami 4]

Tourbillon

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

For other uses, see Tourbillon (disambiguation).

 

Stührling Tourbillon Movement (high resolution).

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In horology, a tourbillon (/tʊərˈbɪljən/; French: [tuʁbijɔ̃] "whirlwind") is an addition to the mechanics of a watch escapement. Developed around 1795 by the French-Swiss watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet from an earlier idea by the English chronometer maker John Arnold, a tourbillon aims to counter the effects of gravity by mounting the escapement and balance wheel in a rotating cage, to negate the effect of gravity when the timepiece (thus the escapement) is stuck in a certain position.

Originally an attempt to improve accuracy, tourbillons are still included in some expensive modern watches as a novelty and demonstration of watchmaking virtuosity. The mechanism is usually exposed on the watch's face to show it off.

[black263 228]

Tourbillon is correct.

[machiavegli 6]

My watchmaker/repairer in San Diego owns a vintage PP minute repeater... The chime sounds amazing.

 

I'd love to have one.

 

-Mach

[fetasigma 0]

problem is your not going to find a cheap mechanical minute repeater...on a quartz you call it an alarm...lol

[black263 228]

True. On a quarttz it's likely to be a mini-speaker with electronic noise, whereas a mechanical has a real hammer that hits a real gong.

[albert12 0]

Nice Invicta...I never thought I could said that...

[E-man82 0]

love the factoids, I need to see it in person to cast my final vote.

[narikaa 129]

Sorry but minute repeater, quartz, & f*****g Invicta should not appear in the same sentence

 

 

 

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[fetasigma 0]

 

Repeater (horology) From Wikipedia,

 

 

A repeater is a complication in a mechanical watch that audibly chimes the hours and often minutes at the press of a button. There are many types of repeater, from the simple repeater which merely strikes the number of hours, to the minute repeater which chimes the time down to the minute, using separate tones for hours, quarter hours, and minutes. They originated before widespread artificial illumination, to allow the time to be determined in the dark,and were also used by the visually impaired.

 

 

 

just to point out i agree with reg, even if you take out invicta minute repeater and quartz dont go together.....as highlighted above it is a complication of a mechanical watch....

[RichardMiami 4]

1. The term Minute Repeater is only used on Mechanical Watches and is generally considered one of the most difficult and elegant of complications.

 

2. There are TWO different types of Minute Repeaters:

 

a. Grande sonnerie(French, meaning 'grand strike') is a complication in a mechanical watch or clock which combines a quarter striking mechanism with a repeater. On the quarter-hour, it strikes the number of hours audibly on a gong, and then the number of quarter-hours since the hour on a second gong. In addition it can strike the hours on demand, at the push of a button.^[1][2] The term is sometimes used erroneously for a mere quarter striking mechanism.^[3]

It is more complex than the

 

b. Petite sonnerie, which merely strikes the hours on the hour and the quarter hours on the quarter, with no repeater function.^[4]

[fetasigma 0]

 

here is a video on patek repeaters

[Jase 0]

WTF is with that fleabay seller?

 

Shipping to: Worldwide

 

 

 

Excludes: Russian Federation, Sweden, Malta, Estonia, United Kingdom, Finland, France, Germany, Austria, Greece, Netherlands, Belgium, Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland, Ireland, Portugal, Italy, Romania, Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Lithuania, Spain, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, China, Korea, South, Australia, Canada

 

 

 

Yeah, worldwide eh?

 

Urrrrk Invicta.

Meh.

[E-man82 0]

so a quartz minute repeater is an oxymoron , kind of like a Genuine Replica, that bites, going have to keep looking for one that doesn't a cost house.

Edited November 5, 2013 by E-man82

[James. 4]

http://forums.watchuseek.com/f29/fs-vintage-oversized-mechanical-repeater-%241900-934473.html

 

OR

 

http://forums.watchuseek.com/f29/minute-repeater-936562.html

 

(My pref is #2)

[James. 4]

Someone was selling a gen repeated movement, along w/ a gen hublot chrono movement, and richard Mille movement over on HF a month or so ago.I suspect that whoever bought the repeater has now listed it in either of the above two links I posted.

[cwazy1 0]

jesus, that #2 link is amazing. only 2600$ too!

 

My only worry is that seller doesnt really describe anything.. wouldnt trust him

[yawn 122]

The cheapest real minute repeater cost about 10k, from nivel