Introducetion of Minute Repeater Clock
We all know that Perpetual Calendar, minute repeater and tourbillion are the top three technologyies which can reflect watchmaking art in the high class watches industry. Minute repeater is one of the most precise crafts, we can call it the “maximal exercise” in the watchmaking. In the conventional field of watchmaking, minute repeater has become the pronoun of the reputable handicraft. First of all, the whole making procedure must be accomplished by hands. Besides, it also demands the most advanced and complicated handicraft, so only serval top compalies can produce intricate watches with minute repeater. There is no doubt that minute repeater clock has become the most valuable and grateful watch in the dog-eat-dog industry of watchmaking.
We are all curious about the way minute repeater clock sounds. It is closely associated with the watch’s machine-processed. This kind of klock designates time by making different kinds of sound. In the interior of this watch, there are thousands of subtle components and parts, through the hit by hammers and reeds, different tones are made. For example, in the minute repeater clock, the low tone represents the hour, high tone represents the minute while the quarter is standed by the compound tone.
In consideration of the preeminent art and the bright market, more and more watchmaking complanies in the world have gave undivided attention to this craft.They are always putting fund and manual labour in the research and development of minute repeater. For instance, Audemars Piguet and Vacheron Constantin have brong out their minute repeater clocks, which have aroused a nationwide response and many and many people start to be keen on this advanced craft.
What we can see from the minute repeater clock is that there will have more and more advanced craft in the watchmaking industry with the development of society, minute repeater is just one of the cases.