Ornatus-Mundi[Zenith]
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That is because FM never had such a watch (short history rundown)...!
Apr 11, 2018,01:40 AM
(i) The watch is built on a base movement may in 1896 by Louis Élysée Piguet that featured:
- Time indication with
hours, minutes and seconds
- Minute repeater
- Grande et petite sonnerie
At this time, the movement had 491 parts.
(ii)
Franck Muller then added (essentially, a Dubois Dépraz module):
- Perpetual calendar with
retrograde month, weekday, date, 24-hour and leap year cycle indications
- Equation of time display
- Moon phase
- Thermometer
Muller also encase the watch and added the current dial. At this time, the watch (including case) had
651 parts.
(iii)
Paul Gerber then integrated the following complication
from scratch, and all this using the dial and the case created by Muller:
- Flying 1-minute tourbillon using the original 1896 balance and balance spring
- Flyback rattrapante
chronograph with jumping 60-minute counter
- Separate power reserve
indications for going and sonnerie trains, respectively
With these additions, he watch counts for
1116 parts. Mr Gerber also corrected mistakes from earlier work (e.g. the moonphase disk was turning into the wrong direction).
For me, the real feat lies in what Paul Gerber added. Personally I find regrettable that the dial still mentioned Mr Muller only, however, this was Lord Arran's wish.
Cheers,
Magnus