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2. Repeater (horology) - Wikipedia

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   Grande sonnerie (French, meaning 'grand strike') is a quarter (or minute) striking mechanism combined with a repeater. On each quarter hour, it chimes the current hours and quarters past the hour. Depending on the design of the sonnerie either the hours, or quarters can be sounded first.

3. Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication - Wikipedia

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   The timepiece is a gold, double-dialled and double-openfaced, minute repeating clockwatch with Westminster chimes, grande and petite sonnerie, split seconds chronograph, registers for 60-minutes and 12-hours, perpetual calendar accurate to the year 2100, moon-phases, equation of time, dual power reserve for striking and going trains, mean and ...

4. Complication (horology) - Wikipedia

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   The watch was reportedly the culmination of a watch arms race between Graves and James Ward Packard. The Super-complication took three years to design and five to build, and sports a chart of the nighttime sky at Graves' home in New York. It remains the most complicated watch (920 parts) [17] built without the assistance of computers. [18]

5. There Is a New Patek Philippe Grail Watch to Add to Your List

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6. Patek Philippe - Wikipedia

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   The watch was embellished with rose-cut diamonds set in the pattern of a bouquet of flowers. [20] The Queen had another exclusive Patek Philippe timepiece, to be worn pinned to clothing. This watch was suspended from a diamond and enamel brooch. [23] [24] In 1868, Patek Philippe created the first Swiss wristwatch for Countess Koscowicz of ...

7. Blancpain - Wikipedia

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   Blancpain is famous for being the creator of one of the most complicated mechanical watches ever made, the Blancpain 1735, which is a true grand complication (Tourbillon, minute repeater, perpetual calendar, split chrono), a limited edition of 30 pieces only, production of just one piece per year.

8. Movement (clockwork) - Wikipedia

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   A separate set of wheels, the motion work, divides the motion of the minute hand by 12 to move the hour hand and in watches another set, the keyless work, allows the hands to be set. Escapement An escapement is a mechanism that allows the wheel train to advance, or escape a fixed amount with each swing of the balance wheel or pendulum.

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   The Top 5 Best Swimsuits for Big Boobs at a Glance How I Chose the Best Swimsuits for Big Boobs All the bathing suits on this come recommended from PureWow editors who’ve worn and loved them for ...