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basically to be able to tell the time by hearing alone, think a chiming clock. The chimes are switchable so when you don't want to hear you just switch them off.
Affordable minute repeater?
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A very old complication which allowed people to tell the time in the dark by listening to an audible signal. Basically when you activate the mechanism (often a slider on a wrist watch but often a lever or pull cord on a clock) it chimes out the hours quarters and minutes using different combinations of gong.
For example, you could have single strikes for hours followed by double strikes for quarters, followed again by single strikes for the minutes since the last quarter. I think that’s the most common pattern.
Example: 4:35 = 4 single, 2 double, 5 single.
ding ding ding ding : ding-dong ding-dong: ding ding ding ding ding!
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Re: Affordable minute repeater?
Thanks for that. You filled in the missing piece - that it only goes off when activated.Amor Vincit Omnia wrote: ↑Sun Aug 29, 2021 3:08 pmA very old complication which allowed people to tell the time in the dark by listening to an audible signal. Basically when you activate the mechanism (often a slider on a wrist watch but often a lever or pull cord on a clock) it chimes out the hours quarters and minutes using different combinations of gong.
For example, you could have single strikes for hours followed by double strikes for quarters, followed again by single strikes for the minutes since the last quarter. I think that’s the most common pattern.
Example: 4:35 = 4 single, 2 double, 5 single.
ding ding ding ding : ding-dong ding-dong: ding ding ding ding ding!
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Re: Affordable minute repeater?
Me! The Loupe article definitely hints at a minute—or at the very least quarter—repeater. I can’t fathom how they will make a mechanical repeater available at CW prices, but I sure am excited to find out and will be on the preorder list post haste!
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