2421

Quite rightly, collectors revere the Minute repeater or “striking watch” as the nadir of watch making know-how. Initially invented in the 17 th century, these early crude repeaters, often known as “dumb repeaters” were made so that one could tell the time

there have been a number of repetition a minutes made by pp. many were made upon request. i speak of the tonneau shaped platinum case minuter repeater for henry graves jnr, refs 2421, 2524, ref 3979, 3974,3939,5013, 5016, 5074 and toubillion ref 3834, 393