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Petite Sonnerie Quarter Strike Watch

Type: Pocket watch Case: Open type, silver, 58 mm Movement: Cylinder escapement, quarter strike “Petite Sonnerie”, independent quarter repeater Country of Origin: France-Switzerland Production Year: 1810 – 1820 Signed: No name A very complex movement with two very serious complications – a quarter repeater and a quarter self-striker “Petite Sonnerie”. This watch has three barrels

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‘St. Andrews’ Gold Bespoke Watch with Repeater and Dead-Beat Seconds

‘St. Andrews’ Piece Unique Custom Made Repeater & Jumping Second, Golf Scene Enamel Dial This big gold ‘St. Andrews’ bespoke watch was made upon the customer’s request as a tribute to his favourite UK golf course ‘The Old Course St. Andrews Links’. The hand painted hot enamel dial was made according to classic technology and based

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Audemars Piguet Minute Repeater Tourbillon – manufacturing a new watch case

Alternative Casing for a Complicated Audemars Piguet Timepiece Here we will take a look at a very complex Audemars Piguet watch – the minute repeater model. This watch is incredibly clever. But why, in particular, is this watch so special? It is because, by turning the oscillating system around its axis once a minute, the

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Le Phare Moonphase Calendar Quarter Repeater, 49 mm, circa 1890’s

This project, for a complicated “jumbo” custom built watch case, based on a repeating pocket watch movement from the 1890’s, aimed to rehouse the original vintage pocket watch movement into a new machine-built wristwatch case. Originally, 120 or more years ago, this watch was a rather large and rather heavy gold pocket watch, with a

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