Citizen Calibre 9000 minute repeater
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Minute-repeaters weren't made for blind people, although blind people are probably the people to benefit most from them. They were invented so that folks could tell time at night. They were originally put in pocket-watches. Pocket-watches didn't have glow-in-the-dark dials or anything, so the repeater allowed people to tell the time when they didn't have a light-source nearby to read the dial.
2 years ago 3
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@Lewis1985 your lack of intelligence amazes me
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lol how come the high pitch sound comes first then the low pitch sound comes later?
isn't it the other way round? sounded odd this way :P
still I can tell the time tho
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@scotfreak The reason why is, because it would cost to much to produce. If you ever held the Campanola MR'S Citizens High end line, uses a bell tone sound instead of an electronic one. Also unlike the one shown the Campanola watches are not Eco Drive, if they were the cost would go from $3,400 to $4,000. This way for those who can't afford a Campanola, You still get a MR but without the Campanola Price. Hope that helps.
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that hurt my ears, why not have a real chime feature rather than an ear peircing digital scream?
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From seeing this, i have just bought one! Thankyou!
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glow in the dark!
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I guess you wanna say: for blind people
2 years ago 2
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do they have this kind of watches for the ladies? can anyone recommend a good model? :D
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How exactly does this watch work? Can you have it so it chimes every hour, like a clocktower?
Lewis1985 3 years ago
It is a minute repeater (chimes out the current time on demand), not a sonnerie (chimes every hour or quarter hour). After I press the button, the first tone counts off the hours, the double chime counts off the quarter hours, and the second tone counts off the minutes. Add them all up and that is the time.
slumbuddy 3 years ago
is it like for deaf people?
Lewis1985 3 years ago
Well, deaf people wouldn't be able to hear it would they? This would benefit blind people, but the original intent, 150 years ago, was for gentlemen to tell the time in a darkened theater (mechanical repeaters are usually not as loud as quartz ones)
slumbuddy 3 years ago 7