How On Earth Does a Minute Repeater Watch Work? | Watchfinder & Co.

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  • Опубликовано: 27 авг 2019
  • If you’re looking for a complicated watch to beat all other complications, perhaps you’d consider a tourbillon. Bold, dramatic and more fiddly than inserting an HDMI lead without looking, it’s surely one of the most impressive visual displays of high watchmaking. And the perpetual calendar, with its ability to tell you your precise location in time for many, many decades without adjustment, is surely one of the most staggering feats of micro engineering achievement. How about this little Cartier, then? It seems tame, but looks can be deceiving, because inside it hides the most incredible complication ever made.
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  • @watchfinder
    @watchfinder  8 месяцев назад

    We know you want more watches…. click here: linktr.ee/watchfinder

  • @rdesigninc5756
    @rdesigninc5756 4 года назад +511

    WOW! First time I've ever hear the swearing "beep" on Watchfinder!!! LOL

    • @mikl1987
      @mikl1987 4 года назад +16

      "bastard" haha, wow - what a naughty word, surely had to be bleeped out 😂

    • @subscriberwithoutanyvide-rq5ym
      @subscriberwithoutanyvide-rq5ym 4 года назад +3

      Thats what I was going to say

    • @firepower9966
      @firepower9966 4 года назад +1

      Bastard it the offical name of a file.

    • @rudoh4953
      @rudoh4953 4 года назад

      ... and "pain in the backside" :)

    • @samchen9951
      @samchen9951 2 года назад

      @Robby Dey Yes haha I'm sure he said b*tch

  • @e99783
    @e99783 4 года назад +496

    $96k seems reasonable compared to a Richard Mille

    • @GODOFLIQUOR
      @GODOFLIQUOR 4 года назад +32

      e99783 agitate Perregaux has a minute repeater with a triple axis tourbillon for $40,000

    • @LiamE69
      @LiamE69 4 года назад +25

      @@GODOFLIQUOR They have one for $420,000...

    • @nikolainikolaichev
      @nikolainikolaichev 4 года назад +5

      But isn't Richard Mille shock resistant (tennis etc)?

    • @e99783
      @e99783 4 года назад

      BAPHOMET exactly which model is that?

    • @e99783
      @e99783 4 года назад +7

      Emmanuel Nicolaides does Mille have a minute repeater? I don’t think so, but I might be wrong. So it’s a question of buyer priorities, complications or durability

  • @JCDofNYC
    @JCDofNYC 4 года назад +81

    I cannot imagine the kind of patience and steady hand it takes to construct such a thing. It would be like putting together a 5,000 piece jigsaw puzzle of a star-less night sky, blindfolded, during an hurricane, knowing that one mistake means having to start all over again.
    I couldn't even understand the explanation, let alone comprehend the thinking that went into this masterpiece's creation. I am awed.

    • @Justin.Franks
      @Justin.Franks Год назад +1

      And whilst riding a horse.

    • @patricksanders858
      @patricksanders858 Год назад +1

      You need to remember that the mech. was designed for pocket watches that would be greatly affected by gravity and therefore more unreliable.

    • @tattoofthesun
      @tattoofthesun 4 месяца назад +1

      The training would be intense and is.

  • @AceSpaceSpades
    @AceSpaceSpades 4 года назад +316

    Finished watching, and still have no idea what a minute repeater actually is.
    Probably have to watch few more times

    • @mikeicee
      @mikeicee 4 года назад +148

      It makes chimes to tell you the time on demand. it has three tones. First chime is 1-12 for the hour, the next 1-4 for the quadrant that the minute hand is in, and lastly the minutes within the quadrant. So TING TING TING, BING BING, ZING ZING ZING ZING = 3rd hour, (15-30) 2nd quadrant + 4 means the time 3:19. LOL

    • @dhritigupta420
      @dhritigupta420 4 года назад +1

      it is like that imgc watch
      ehich have chronograph into it

    • @quemarioo
      @quemarioo 4 года назад +54

      Very confusing. Instead of going straight to the point, they made it harder to understand.

    • @dude...are-you-sure
      @dude...are-you-sure 4 года назад +10

      @@mikeicee i was thinking the same thing as ace sachdev until you explained it. these watches are incredible. its like a watch for a blind person. you can tell time by how many times it plays each sound

    • @cole1
      @cole1 4 года назад +4

      @@mikeicee Thanks for making it simple!

  • @motlay
    @motlay 4 года назад +86

    One of 25, understated elegance with massive hidden tech. Ultimate sleeper watch.

  • @The_action_is_the_juice
    @The_action_is_the_juice 4 года назад +35

    The absolute most professional watch channel. National geographic for watches.

  • @UnderseaAdventures
    @UnderseaAdventures 4 года назад +28

    Minute repeaters will always be my favorite complication. Ever since I once held a Breguet minute repeater and was shown how it worked my attention shifted to the exquisite precision of these marvels

  • @nukie404
    @nukie404 4 года назад +134

    That is so beautiful. I'm so sorry but everything you said in the video kinda went through the other ear.

  • @sisyphus8870
    @sisyphus8870 4 года назад +26

    "Infernal Tower", love it.

  • @michelemariotti8198
    @michelemariotti8198 4 года назад +26

    Immagine servicing this

  • @timfondiggle2582
    @timfondiggle2582 4 года назад +11

    Watches amaze me, so many crazy small parts all made incredibly accurately, all packed into something small enough to wear as jewlery, yet still incredibly accurate in keeping time. Crazy talent and genius over generation's all contributing to these amazing little gadgets

  • @chinchinche
    @chinchinche 4 года назад +31

    It's a good day when watchfinder releases a new video.

  • @couch_gag
    @couch_gag 4 года назад +112

    CURSE WORD ON WATCHFINDER OMGGGG

  • @olaf2046
    @olaf2046 4 года назад +7

    That watch is so beautiful! A Minute Repeater on a Tonneau shape Automatic is the epitome of classical watch art and practicality!

  • @Wishwader
    @Wishwader 4 года назад +34

    Love these videos. Clear and instructive. Without doubt my favourite talking hands channel.

  • @P4LL3R
    @P4LL3R 4 года назад +3

    Perfect timing! Yesterday I asked myself this question and now there is this video - thanks for reading my mind!

  • @voiceofexperience
    @voiceofexperience 4 года назад +32

    I now feel dumber than my goldfish. Thank you, Watchfinder.

    • @Altjoni
      @Altjoni 3 года назад

      I suppose they don't drop all this on your first day at the watchmaking school 😰

  • @gaelhillyardcreative
    @gaelhillyardcreative 4 года назад

    This has to be one of the best channels on RUclips. Every video is fascinating, and visually superb, and Scott's voice and nuance suits the narrative just perfectly. And what stories! I only wish you'd use the ticking music again as it fitted so well.
    Thanks for providing my go to switch off at the end of each day :)

  • @JH-ty3ic
    @JH-ty3ic 4 года назад

    Beautifully made and beautifully explained, thanks

  • @rodrigogutierrezreyes4702
    @rodrigogutierrezreyes4702 4 года назад

    A mastery of engineering and horology, not to mention delivery when it comes to watch videos. Never disappointed with your videos. Great job!!!

  • @mikec3454
    @mikec3454 4 года назад

    That is an astonishingly beautiful Cartier - one of the most beautiful decorated movements I've seen, absolutely unique and complex.

  • @MicroAngelo1
    @MicroAngelo1 4 года назад +9

    Best explanation yet on how this complication of complications works.....but can you bring back the Pentax MX!

  • @slashusr
    @slashusr 4 года назад

    I love this channel! Always special, always fascinating, always beautifully presented!

  • @LAM_AUT_ECU
    @LAM_AUT_ECU 3 года назад +3

    The name is misleading, it should be called something along the line of "audible time announcer". I've been collecting watches for years now and always thought the complication just set your watch back to the last full minute, maybe to synchronize it. Only recently did I learn about the chimes, so I investigated and came upon this video!

  • @zanetti37
    @zanetti37 4 года назад +1

    Your best video so far! This mechanism is amazing I felt I'm melting to the motion. Unbelievable.

  • @krokodyl1927
    @krokodyl1927 4 года назад

    A most excellent explanation of the engineering involved in creating a brilliant watch mechanism! Thank you. 😊

  • @martinjn2920
    @martinjn2920 4 года назад

    Stunning video, I don't think I understood any of it but I enjoyed it immensely, and that Cartier is a lovely watch. Top Marks Watchfinder, excellent and informative.

  • @IndeedBeni
    @IndeedBeni 4 года назад +16

    Also, minute repeater or not, that's a pretty damn good-looking Cartier.
    Have you done a video on the remontoire?

  • @ChrisBeckman
    @ChrisBeckman 4 года назад +1

    Brilliant video! Love more variants like this about different watch movements.
    Maybe- what makes a hairspring the right length and/or tension?

  • @mirkojordanovski5707
    @mirkojordanovski5707 3 года назад

    Great video ! Congratulations !

  • @afarhan21
    @afarhan21 4 года назад +1

    This is the most complex task you have ever undertaken. Wait for this video was worth it.

  • @EnriqueRomualdez
    @EnriqueRomualdez 4 года назад

    Fantastic watch and fantastic writing. This one's a favourite for me.

  • @Paul_Henshall
    @Paul_Henshall 4 года назад +2

    Nice grail watch, absolutely fascinating.

  • @chrisbrown6494
    @chrisbrown6494 4 года назад +1

    If you want to see one stripped down, go to the naked watchmaker site. Nigel Speake-Marin disassembles a McGonigle minute repeater and talks through the function of the parts. It was a collaboration with The Watches TV.
    I watched it yesterday by pure chance!

  • @user-fi5fr9us2t
    @user-fi5fr9us2t 4 года назад +1

    Brilliant video,I fell in love with this piece. Thank you for taking us along ! Can I watch it one more time? :)))

  • @dylvasey
    @dylvasey 4 года назад +9

    That is the most beautiful watch (the movement made me pause the video!) I've ever seen but at £75K I fear it will never find it's way onto my wrist.

  • @vladchan
    @vladchan 2 года назад +7

    A repeater was a popular feature on pocket watches so people could tell time without having to take it out all the time. It was a lifesaver before lume and electric light came along but is very very obsolete now.

    • @PhillyHank
      @PhillyHank 7 месяцев назад

      Accurate statement. But, every mechanical watch and every complication is functionally obsolete now due to smart watches. Every single watch; every single complication. A dual (even triple) time zone complication isn't wonderfully eclipsed by any smart watch.

  • @menaseven9093
    @menaseven9093 4 года назад

    Nice Cartier Tortue minute repeater, I like the display case back that show the engraved movement and the working of the minute repeater.

  • @Pindi44
    @Pindi44 2 года назад

    Fascinating, thank you.

  • @eduardoarosemena655
    @eduardoarosemena655 4 года назад +1

    Simply astonishing.

  • @emmetrmeredith
    @emmetrmeredith 4 года назад

    Great vid as always thanks watchfinder

  • @bubbab7792
    @bubbab7792 4 года назад +5

    Never knew Cartier made a Minute Repeater. Nice macros! 👍👍👍

  • @dire67
    @dire67 Год назад

    Gorgeous watch

  • @TimG--
    @TimG-- 4 года назад +1

    Nice video mate

  • @billandben5998
    @billandben5998 4 года назад +17

    Love hat video. But no idea what one is any more than I did before I watched it. But I don’t care your videos are amazing.

  • @mainlymusicman
    @mainlymusicman 4 года назад +2

    well, this was the wrong video to find out what a minute repeater is.

  • @dinoferreira7950
    @dinoferreira7950 4 года назад +1

    Wow. This must be what people feel like when I talk about all the intricacies of a car and it’s engine... I didn’t understand any of that 😂😂
    Very cool piece!

  • @AndyRimmerRedsicks
    @AndyRimmerRedsicks 4 года назад

    You had me at "if you're looking for a complicated watch.........". Exceptional review as usual.

  • @TheUnknown-rs5el
    @TheUnknown-rs5el 2 года назад +1

    This watch is going to be so convenient, the chimes are just the perfect tool to tell time without the watch on your wrist.

  • @chetak420
    @chetak420 4 года назад +1

    Life itself so complicated, adding some more . Thx Cartier .😎

  • @Dr_Manu
    @Dr_Manu 4 года назад

    Greatest, best articulated, most honest, watch review on the F#$kin planet!

  • @fredysiregar9180
    @fredysiregar9180 4 года назад

    yeah, a lot to swear about this i guess. the complicated mechanism, the beauty.. the price. a true marvel of engineering. great video!

  • @shaneellasdaicastrestorati3675
    @shaneellasdaicastrestorati3675 4 года назад +2

    I don't understand, what an amazing peace

  • @jigunawa
    @jigunawa 4 года назад +1

    Wow, even after watching the video I still did not have a clue how minute repeater works! Testament to the level of this complication.

  • @CoberBox1
    @CoberBox1 4 года назад

    Jeez, now I want one. Thanks a lot.

  • @VinodKumar-nn7go
    @VinodKumar-nn7go 3 года назад

    Marvellous !!! Incredible 😍

  • @Dadnatron
    @Dadnatron Год назад

    Excellent

  • @axewax9074
    @axewax9074 4 года назад +1

    my gosh, this dude doesn't start explaining how it works until 4:38

  • @uga.d4173
    @uga.d4173 4 года назад

    Aw, HELL yeah! Thanks for this!!!

  • @johanjohan6434
    @johanjohan6434 4 года назад

    thx for this video .....

  • @ChauHaiNguyen
    @ChauHaiNguyen 4 года назад +1

    Omg i wait for this video for a long long time!!!

  • @e99783
    @e99783 4 года назад +4

    Wow. Just wow

  • @finkejak
    @finkejak 4 года назад

    Great video!
    Now a closer look at Rementoires would be awesome!

  • @acgjalopez
    @acgjalopez 4 года назад

    Can you please explain what is a constant force watch. thanks.

  • @Kraken1000
    @Kraken1000 4 года назад

    Beautiful.

  • @joeesparza6108
    @joeesparza6108 4 года назад

    Many Master Watchmakers have declared the split second chronograph as the most complicated to build but all the other top complications get all the glory.

  • @aldesova
    @aldesova 4 года назад

    Really superb video! Doesn't the quarter cam only have three steps though? (As four quarters would mean the next hour)

  • @ultimaetsolder
    @ultimaetsolder 4 года назад

    Beautiful

  • @swschilke
    @swschilke 4 года назад

    Nice video but in the frontal of the watch the upper part reflects the light, could be done nice to have an evenly light watch. Great clear voice over!

  • @stephenpatton8690
    @stephenpatton8690 2 года назад

    Amazing machine.

  • @johanjohan6434
    @johanjohan6434 4 года назад

    review patek phillip minute repeater Vs Credor minute repeater ....
    which watch has better sound . thx

  • @Nitai89
    @Nitai89 4 года назад

    Quick suggestion for a review: Van Cleef and Arpels beautiful dials and complications

  • @jonas1015119
    @jonas1015119 4 года назад

    I love that this channel keeps getting sassier.

  • @petermeier729
    @petermeier729 3 года назад +1

    Me pushing a button on my Timex Indiglo to see the time in total darkness under the covers is a marvel in watchmaking if I don’t say so myself

  • @a3zth3tikz
    @a3zth3tikz 4 года назад +3

    I did not understand a single thing but I somehow feel much more intelligent now.

  • @gadd10
    @gadd10 4 года назад

    Best Channel on RUclips

  • @barfymann362
    @barfymann362 4 года назад +63

    Just in time, as I winding my old Chinese Seagull Tourbillon. :)

    • @ocb05
      @ocb05 4 года назад +4

      How old is yours? Is it still good? Seagull ST8000?

    • @rajgill7576
      @rajgill7576 4 года назад +4

      Is it worth shelling out for it? If it lasts a couple years I might buy

    • @nikolainikolaichev
      @nikolainikolaichev 4 года назад +3

      Seagull is amazing. Bought a skeleton in June and I'm so happy. Still can't stop looking at that movement!

    • @barfymann362
      @barfymann362 4 года назад +7

      @@nikolainikolaichev That's amazing, mate. Congratulations! I think we might've given Watchfinder a great topic to explore for their next video. A review of Chinese manufacturers and movements. There's an individual, I believe on the Omega Forums; who buys Seagull movements and then custom makes the watches. He does some insane engraved art on the case; he's super talented. Check him out some time.

    • @nikolainikolaichev
      @nikolainikolaichev 4 года назад

      @@barfymann362 Definitely will check it out! Thanks for the info!

  • @Nerdhaunt
    @Nerdhaunt 4 года назад +2

    Damn that HDMI reference 🤣

  • @fwf246
    @fwf246 4 года назад +6

    Every time this music plays we know we will have another amazing content

  • @minhngoc5430
    @minhngoc5430 4 года назад +42

    This is the first time I've ever heard this channel cussing

    • @Stigstigster
      @Stigstigster 4 года назад +9

      Precisely how swearing really should be used. I swear a little too much and it certainly loses its punch. In this case the rare use of a swearword really did give extra weight and emphasis to describing the difficulties and complexities in making this movement. A well deployed swear indeed!

  • @glennboutilier7204
    @glennboutilier7204 11 месяцев назад

    How much does routine maintenance cost? simple clean and lube

  • @FredyUs
    @FredyUs 4 года назад

    Very unique watches.. 👍

  • @bharathshastri198
    @bharathshastri198 4 года назад

    Beautiful ......

  • @miguelrodriguez-bp4uf
    @miguelrodriguez-bp4uf Год назад +1

    explanation begins at 2:58

  • @jackdaniel9308
    @jackdaniel9308 4 года назад +8

    "Pain in the backside"

  • @slabiciune
    @slabiciune 4 года назад +1

    So are you going to show us how it works in the next video?
    I didn't understand anything.
    Maybe I need a Repeater.

  • @CHMichael
    @CHMichael Год назад

    Cartier makes very pretty watches that don't look like 3 other.

  • @McLaughter_
    @McLaughter_ 4 года назад +1

    Up up and away with Cartier !

  • @fez877
    @fez877 4 года назад

    My favourite complication.

  • @RotarySyndrome
    @RotarySyndrome 4 года назад +1

    Watching this video makes me want a minute repeater now more than ever.

    • @YT-jh8co
      @YT-jh8co 4 года назад

      Be ready to shell out at least 20k

  • @anonymousonlineuser6543
    @anonymousonlineuser6543 3 года назад

    Indispensable complication if you are blind or don't know how to read the watch dial. Worth every penny.

  • @Rog5446
    @Rog5446 4 года назад

    I have come into possession of a 17 jewel wind up dress watch from around 1960.
    It is called a Pulsar and has the same 5 star crown logo as a Rolex.
    I have looked at the movement, but there's no sign of a calibre number or movement maker.
    Does anyone know anything about this watch or make?

  • @JASONKENTJANA
    @JASONKENTJANA 8 дней назад

    4:38 to skip the blublub and straight to explanation. Dude is a master at blubing nothing

  • @lefroy1
    @lefroy1 4 года назад

    Hi, can you do a vid on the co-axial escapement? Been fascinated about that since I first came across George Daniels.

    • @NickProkaza
      @NickProkaza 4 года назад +1

      He has done one already on his George Daniels vid

    • @lefroy1
      @lefroy1 4 года назад

      @@NickProkaza Cheers, didn't know that.

  • @fiki2304
    @fiki2304 4 года назад

    Ok. Now it's finally time to talk about Cartier! Let's start with Santos. :)

  • @istvanbartha7985
    @istvanbartha7985 4 года назад

    So what was the screwdrivers for?

  • @AliAlhussaini
    @AliAlhussaini 3 года назад +1

    I’ve never even heard of this mechanism before

  • @williamwoods477
    @williamwoods477 4 года назад +2

    The Tortue is my literal favourite watch in the world

    • @adrianboutsias2437
      @adrianboutsias2437 4 года назад

      Mine too! Along with the 38mm Zenith El primero silver dial and JLC Reverso 250.8.86

  • @sohanbalachandran
    @sohanbalachandran 4 года назад

    How does this one wind ? Manual ?