11 Dec 2010

Listen to the Melodious of Time - Minute Repeater Watches

Watches Review Center Report: Three reperter, and the tourbillon, perpetual calendar, is a complex function of mechanical watches. Simply put, the three asked the watch is the watch for timekeeping, a button or dial case side handle, press it, they can hear the "knocking" sound the hour.


Minute repeater watch - listen to the time melodious

This feature may be very common in the electronic form, a button, there is a standard female voice reading "× time × min × seconds." But "Minute repeater" feature is a mechanical watch the biggest challenges in the process: in the limited space bar to join timekeeping device used in spring, sometimes in order to sound musical, but also fitted with three or more sets of hammer spring, many small parts such as hair silky. Watch brands in all Minute repeater are refined form, does not seem to make money, but to prove their highly skilled, in order to raise the reputation and international status.

Small number of high prices, the three asked the watch just like a spring snow, and only really understand the watch, love the watch, will revel in them, of course, also have strong economic strength behind it. So if someone asks to play with three watchs, and invite you to enjoy that wonderful and magical voice, never, never Do not save your words of praise!

What is the "Minute repeater form"?

"Reperter watch," What a strange title, but the thought "I asked that the answer is" the timekeeping function, like to understand.

Repeater, which play spring form, usually by a button on the case or to call the handle, you can start the audible range of devices to report at the time.

Minute repeater, the three spring form, the sound of three different playing spring can tell "when", "carved," "points" to the time, is the clever use of acoustic and kinetic results.

Timekeeping mode: Toggle handle Minute repeater call the watch, it will send a continuous melody. Bass tone is broadcast, for example: "When, when, when the" 3 ring is 3 points. Then the reported moment, usually with high and low, for example: "Ding Dong, Ding Dong," that is half an hour (30 minutes). Next, the score is high pitch, for example: "ding, ding, ding, ding, ding", 5 ring is 5 minutes, then the time now is 3:35.

Minute repeater form the mechanical principles

Read the following text does not matter, as long as you imagine in inch case, the more a chain of drive winding, two mallet, hammer three ways, N a you can understand Minute repeater form Why is it so expensive.

Minute repeater form a very complex mechanical device, the device must be the expression of the time display into a series of hour, quarter hour and minute of play spring sound. Minute repeater form the chain drive winding first through the vertical pull key operation to accumulate the energy needed for timekeeping. At the same time, the hour, quarter hour and minute teeth Pa has a good wind to enter the timekeeping location ready. Startup disk winding chain of energy released, the supply speed controller, whose operation mode is based on the principle of centrifugal force, so that hammer beat constant rate, the two were hit mallet bass, treble and bass roar of high .

Minute repeater form the soul – Tone

Minute repeater form the mechanical principles although the complex but not a mystery, so the timekeeping quality evaluation of three asked the watch to become the decisive factor in the quality, but also determines the price level. Cheaper form, may sound slightly muddy mess, and asked the watch of three millions, must be tone patchwork, crisp clarity, thrilling.

Time is listening. The people love the watch, like in the dead of night, hold your breath to listen to the crisp issue escapement ticking sound, feel the flow of time, this is a listen. Another is the three asked the watch to the time that wonderful voice, you will sign mechanical process amazing.

Special sound: Minute repeater most of their spring dual vibratory hammer percussion section of the structure, if the hammer spring with three or more time to form a beautiful Chiming repeater, especially with hammer Q quarter of an hour when the watch in the report, there will be more rich sound changes. In addition, there is also a specific moment in the melodies of the music can play watch.

A Short History of the three asked the watch

Before the invention of the electric power can be in the dark "listen" to the time watch is useful to ask. Now, the three asked the master clock function has become a way to show off skills. Rack-style timekeeping institutions - 1676, the British clockmaker Edward Barlow rack to the time the invention of institutions, 80 in the 17th century, the United Kingdom, another watchmaker Daniel Quare further improve the structure of the two and get asked to play spring patent, the safety device he had invented only in the spring is fully started playing institutions, the voice of timekeeping will be issued. After that he asked the watch produced Banke, from playing the type of watch spring gradually increased.

Quarter Repeater - the entire 18th century, the two become the most important question to ask the watch the watch type, two questions about the watch in two different tones can be issued, respectively, reported that "when" and "moment (15 minutes)", when in the dark does not recognize the time when the watch features that come in handy.

Article spring timekeeping institutions - 1783, Abraham-Louis Breguet created the timekeeping sheet spring bar body, it is often in his work with a crisp sound, but also for the two repeater watch brought new developments.

Minute repeater - to the early 20th century, asking the basic shape of the watch is started, that is, the side of the case aside with a long handle, when the hand when it set aside in the end, it can make noise so as to avoid unnecessary startup, which is invented by Daniel Quare credit for safety devices. In addition to two questions about form, also has been found in very question (Ten-minute repeater), Banke Q (Half-quarter repeater), a fifth question (Five-minute repeater) and so on, accuracy of reporting more and more time now and more complex, can apply for "when", "Cutting", "minute" of the three asked the watch has become mainstream.

Related links: Grand Strike Watch

Grand Strike Watch, also known as self-Ming watch, which without human control can automatically report the time, there are large since the Grand strike and Small strike of the points, both quarter of an hour in the clock and you make noise, unlike the latter, when in the automatic message carved not repeat the whole point timekeeping. This can also be used as the "big" and "small" in the literal understanding of it.

Since the Ming difference between watch and asked the watch: the watch can automatically report from the Ming time, of course, a group of more automated timekeeping of the winding as the power source, so the watch can be seen as self-Ming playing automatically spring watch. Two questions, the three functions and self-ming asked the combination of the watch had already appeared on the watch, mainly in a few more buttons on the case or to call the handle to control the operation of different functions, including the "mute" the conversion device in order to not suiwatch for use in environments from the Ming. Of course, if you want to know more the right time, but also through the button on the case or to call the handle, so ask the watch function can be achieved.

Recommended new watch

Although the production of fewer, but in 2006 asked a series of excellent watchs and surfaces from the Natural World, in which China's national brands - Seagull in the Watch Fair in Basel, Switzerland this year to launch the first Chinese-made two questions watches, become a major highlight of the watch industry. Meanwhile, the fifth question the manufacture of watches, some manufacturers have become the trend, Edox, and Perrelet have launched this type of watch. Bvlgari, Vacheron Constantin, IWC and other brands in the minute repeater watch also created the field of watches of different designs. AHCI members of the launch of a very asked Kari Voutilainen watch, and another member of the Francois-Paul Journe, introduced the Minute repeater have, since the Ming functions of the watch.


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