Horological Meandering

Dear PuristS I'm pretty much sure that my next timepiece will be alarm watch ... think that this is very convinient complication for people who hate beeing waken up by sounds of radio or mobile phone ... so cut the story short can you please help with thr... 

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Blancpain, the "cousin "of Breguet Reveil du Tsar. GP: Travel Time. IWC UN San Marco Alarm + Sonata. Panerai PAM 98,And Cricket, too!Best. Nicolas. This message has been edited by amanico on 2008-01-21 14:29:43 This message has been edited by amanico on 2... 

This has been very helpful ..... can hardly wait pics :0) regards

what about Omega's only entry to the alarm-watch field?

Forgive my ignorance, but I don't know many things about Omega..I'd love to leanr more about this Omeaga Alarm watch , so please...Pics and details???? Best. Nicolas

I'm not sure what happened, but my original post (the first one on "memomatic") somehow got attributed to someone else. The Omega Seamaster Memomatic used the 980 calibre (a Lemania movement), and was the first alarm watch to incorporate an alarm that was... 

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and it was not easy to find the "perfect" alarm watch for myself. My selection at the end was: JLC Amvox: Very nice design, but I don´t like the sound of the alarm Ulysee Nardin Sonata: Marvelous sound, but NOT my design Breguet Classic Reveil: Movement i...  

IMHO, the quinessential alarm watch is the Ulysse Nardin Sonata -- here is mine: I also love the Jaeger Master Grand Memovox (which is also a perpetual calendar) -- here is mine: Regards, Craig...  

I have several of these and all of them will wake me up, sounds like an old Big Ben. I also have the Shellman and the Citizen Eco Drive repeater. The repeater function is not very loud but have the alarm go off in a meeting and you can hear it just fine. ...