New IWC minute repeaters up on Puretime???

[Phantomtech]

I think that's what these are meant to be but it obviously doesn't work, so whats the point?

http://puretime01.com/iwc2016072607.html






Here is the gen for reference:









So... how soon until ZF can make a working minute repeater?

 

[Jurist]

I think that's what these are meant to be but it obviously doesn't work, so whats the point?

http://puretime01.com/iwc2016072607.html






Here is the gen for reference:


So... how soon until ZF can make a working minute repeater?

In about twenty or thirty years, I guess. The Gen is great horologory. It takes a lot of skill and knowledge to built such complication.

 

[jembediah]

wow i think it is impossible to make a chinese minute repeater movement
they better make reliable second @12 or @6 movement or maybe PAM calibre clone

 

[higginsd]

I think it is not impossible. They also build a tourbillon which is much, much more complicated than a simple minute repeater. I guess they don't see a market for such a development project. And I think this is correct.

 

[Phantomtech]

I think it is not impossible. They also build a tourbillon which is much, much more complicated than a simple minute repeater. I guess they don't see a market for such a development project. And I think this is correct.

Makes sense. Just curious, what makes a tourbillon more complicated than a minute repeater? I always thought minute repeaters are the pinnacle of watch movements..

 

[higginsd]

The cage construction of a flying tourbillon isn't that easy and it is small. The minute repeater is more mechanics on - an additional - plate, not too complicated and not so small. They are close in relation of complication, but a watchmaker able to construct a flying tourbillon should also be able to construct a minute repeater. Nevertheless there is no market in the rep universe for these complications.

 

[Phantomtech]

The cage construction of a flying tourbillon isn't that easy and it is small. The minute repeater is more mechanics on - an additional - plate, not too complicated and not so small. They are close in relation of complication, but a watchmaker able to construct a flying tourbillon should also be able to construct a minute repeater. Nevertheless there is no market in the rep universe for these complications.

I see. I guess I am in the minority that would take a minute repeater any day over a tourbillon.

 

[peterpl]

Its doable. Tourby is more complicated than a minute repeater. Chinese have several tourbies available.

 

[theflyingdutchman]

Played twice with gen... stunner! Nearly bought one, at 35K€ off... the weight is IMPRESSIVE! And the height too = 14.2mm! the rep is only 12mm, plus other issues!

 

[theflyingdutchman]

 

[higginsd]

I see. I guess I am in the minority that would take a minute repeater any day over a tourbillon.

No. I also would prefer a working minute repeater as rep. Tourbys tend to look like cheap watches "with open heart" or "open balance" because nobody knows a tourbillon. You know what I mean?

 

[peterpl]

^ That is true mostly for guys that dont know what a tourby is. Most tourbys from a distance look like just simple open heart watches

 

[higginsd]

Yes. I KNOW the difference...

 

[alfawatch]

I would vote for the minute repeater anytime

 

[Retina]

as much as i would like a minute repeater... its just so unlikely that the factories or seagull would ever produce one

 

[britain4]

Really nice looking watch but I think the faux minute repeater kills it for me

 

[majwilliams0308]

Does the minute repeater at least "slide"?

I for one would ABSOLUTELY purchase a working rep minute repeater if it didn't sound terrible. If it sounded like crying babies I wouldn't buy it.