Kari Voutilainen Decimal Repeater

So far, watchmakers have always used the same type of repeating mechanism. Mechanisms which strike initially the hours then the quarters and then the minutes. A set up which does not allow an easy location when listening at the repeating mechanism.

It is this particular problem which initiated Kari Voutilainen's thinking in order to develop a new construction able to strike the time like it is read. He has devised a repeating mechanism which sounds the hours, the ten minute interval and then the exact minutes. This unusual and extraordinary watch is the first repeater of this kind.

As is customary to Kari Voutilainen the movement has been executed without the slightest compromise and in keeping with the traditions and standards of the greatest of watchmakers. The movement decoration is beauty in itself: the bridges and the steelwork bevelling, the polishing of the recesses and the drawn grain finish on the bridge rims are all done by hand. The bridge surfaces are adorned with 'Geneva stripes' and the mainplate with circular and snail graining.

In Kari Voutilainen's philosophy a repeater should ring loudly and have a crystal clear sound. It is for these reasons that he has approached one of the master casemakers who still posseses the knowledge and employs the traditional methods used since the eighteenth century.

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• decimal
• repeater
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• AHCI
• horology

[tpb3035]

useful? AH!!!I forgot it's supposed to be a watch!!LOL Who wears that to tell time. You need to undestand things to appreciate things.

[CaptainXanax]

Back when we didn't have lcd clocks or light switches, people used them to tell time in the dark.

[XXPanayisXX]

@MartyMartin87 The time chimed is 12:58.

[DonutDazzler]

@kisetsushin "Also, noone professionally trained in watchmaking calls them "gears"." Sometimes we do. It is called a "gear train" after all....

[Eltsuman]

@taylor102894 Except in this watch it's hours, TEN MINUTE intervals and minutes. Read the description :P

[taylor102894]

@MartyMartin87 first is hours, then when the two ring back to back they are quarters last is minutes

[jjlwis]

wow... this sounds even better than some more established brand's repeaters.. 

[RacerXJG]

I'm gonna say it's saying 12:58.

I love different watches. I have blue LED a Binary watch atm.

[MartyMartin87]

So is this the time?? 12h 10min 08s?

[huggybear100]

@tpb3035 yea but its called a "watch" not a "listen"

ahah terrible joke, but would love to have a minute repeater

[RockForUsWebsite]

Probably double. I'd say around 250'000 CHF for such a rare watch

[stimsWonderland]

is that the back or front of the watch? this is soo cool it's as if the watch was programmed or something