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Handless Minute repeater
In 2013, I had a small pocket watch minute repeater transformed into a wristwatch. I asked the watchemaker to remove the hands, to have this result :
The handless minute repeater
And in the Patek Philippe's book on the Repeaters, it's wriiten :
And inside, there is this text (translated from French, I don't have the English version) :
The last words to the father of the Caliber 89, at the origin of all the contemporary Patek Philippe Minute repeaters. When we ask Jean-Pierre Musy to imagine the future and imagine the model that is still missing and that he would build if he had a free hand (carte blanche), the engineer thinsk, his eyes sparkles, with some mischief. [...] He very seriously answers that the fundamental objective of a minute repeater is to be able to know the time by night, or with closed eyes.
Here is his answer : "This would be a minute repeater without hands"
The last words to the father of the Caliber 89, at the origin of all the contemporary Patek Philippe Minute repeaters. When we ask Jean-Pierre Musy to imagine the future and imagine the model that is still missing and that he would build if he had a free hand (carte blanche), the engineer thinsk, his eyes sparkles, with some mischief. [...] He very seriously answers that the fundamental objective of a minute repeater is to be able to know the time by night, or with closed eyes.
Here is his answer : "This would be a minute repeater without hands"
Please note that I'm not implying that Moser "stole" this idea. It's a superb watch, and I'd be the first one to sell my kidney to buy it, if only my kidney was worth enough...
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Handless Minute repeater
In 2013, I had a small pocket watch minute repeater transformed into a wristwatch. I asked the watchemaker to remove the hands, to have this result : The handless minute repeater And in the Patek Philippe's book on the Repeaters, it's wriiten : And inside...
That company makes me smile every year.
Don't have a Moser yet. But that day will come. They deserve our money.
Just saw it this morning . Its a amazing timepiece .
You need to learn to listen to time ...
