Philippe Dufour Grande Sonnerie

In some of my previous threads, I've highlighted this small , but crucial and sometimes wonderfully beautiful component of a watch's movement. The click is a pawl often shaped like a beak or as a cam with two tips. It's held in tension by a spring that fo

Franck Muller and Philippe Dufour both exhibited grande et petite sonnerie wrstwatches at Basel 1992. Dufour painstakingly reverse-engineered and miniaturized a design by the Reymond bothers. The Reymonds were known for supplying rough clockwatch ebauches

BULOVA DEEP SEA 666FEET CHRONOGRAPHE SERIES circa: 1973 (N3)

Also from the article: "The most notable makers of grande sonnerie wristwatches are Patek Philippe with its Grandmaster Chime, F.P. Journe with the recently discontinued Sonnerie Souverain, and Greubel Forsey as well as Vacheron Constantin, both of which

I visited the workshop of Dufour in 2007 and also enjoyed dinner with him and a group of collectors. He is a very charismatic and charming person. However, I left a little disappointed, after experiencing the Simplicity. The Duality I saw as well, and it

Phillips quoted George Daniels when announcing an exhibition in Geneva this May to pay tribute to independent watchmaking: “ Independence is the utmost importance in life. Without it you are subject to the whims of other people. You are pinned down to a p

The internet is a wonderful information source when looking for details on subjects not covered by main stream publishing. About two years ago I spent some time to gather information on independent master watchmakers from websites, particularly reports ab

an ultra thin case in platinum, featuring a Grande Sonnerie with Westminster chimes, combined with a Rattrapante Chronograph and Flying Tourbillon, oh, and a Sarpaneva moonface! The hunter caseback should reveal the fusee-and-chain constant force escapeme

If I may share my feeling, all duometre are unique and deserves to be part of a collection. Each duometre version has unique feature that suits it best. The Spherotourbillon and the Grande Sonnerie are to die for even to die for several times. However, I

The minute hand will be aligned with the hours hand for each full hour. So, the rotation speed of the minute hand is 65 mn per hour. I'll let you do the math for the disk You're gonna be wrong at reading the time in the first place, because we are so used