Author Topic: Minute repeater watches - what's your affordable preferred brand, model & price?  (Read 3836 times)

Offline Timeless

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Sharing a minute repeater watches info:-

https://youtu.be/vBojU4BdftM

What is a Minute Repeater?
A repeater is a complication in a mechanical watch that chimes the time on demand by activating a push or a slide-piece. Different types of repeater allow the time to be heard to varying degrees of precision; from the simple quarter-repeater which merely strikes the number of hours and quarters, to the minute repeater which sounds the time down to the minute using separate tones for hours, quarter-hours and minutes.

Originating before widespread use of electricity, they allowed the time to be determined in the dark and they were also used by the visually impaired. Today minute repeaters, one of the most complex repeater mechanisms, are coveted by collectors and watch lovers alike as rare masterpieces of precision mechanical engineering.

Offline chrisyen

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Can't afford
Except the citizen campanola


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Offline sshark

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I second that even though campanola is not cheap either. Probably, this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1JHZfFaB74

Can't afford
Except the citizen campanola


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Offline wusion123

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I also look into the citizen minute repeater before, but end up no buy, because feel this function maybe syiok for few day only

Offline sshark

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I know that feeling :)

Offline Cocas

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Sharing a minute repeater watches info:-

https://youtu.be/vBojU4BdftM

What is a Minute Repeater?
A repeater is a complication in a mechanical watch that chimes the time on demand by activating a push or a slide-piece. Different types of repeater allow the time to be heard to varying degrees of precision; from the simple quarter-repeater which merely strikes the number of hours and quarters, to the minute repeater which sounds the time down to the minute using separate tones for hours, quarter-hours and minutes.

Originating before widespread use of electricity, they allowed the time to be determined in the dark and they were also used by the visually impaired. Today minute repeaters, one of the most complex repeater mechanisms, are coveted by collectors and watch lovers alike as rare masterpieces of precision mechanical engineering.

Heard that EPOS minute repeater (MR) watch is priced at about MYR80k to 90k.

I still cannot find any other brand of automatic MR watch cheaper than EPOS.

Offline adamjohari

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I believe the 'cheapest' high end minute repeater would be from IWC. Maybe around 150k ringgit?

http://www.chrono24.com/en/iwc/portuguese-portuguese-minute-repeater--id3577527.htm
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Offline tonykpk

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JLC created  one of the most reliable ,loudest  and sweetest chime in all it's MR.

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dream for this, die for this too  :o :o :o :o lovely masterpiece

Offline Cocas

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dream for this, die for this too  :o :o :o :o lovely masterpiece

Yes, i just hoping that by the time i afford to have a minute repeater, EPOS MR watch will be still available.