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One of the most revered complications is the minute repeater, no watch can really be called a Grande Complication without one. Originally developed during a time when there was no electric lighting, the minute repeater generally strikes the hours, half hours and quarter hours so that the time could be told without reading the watch face. IWC WatchConcierge

The difficulty in manufacturing a watch sized minute repeater is extraordinary. First gongs need to be fashioned that will sit in a watches case and produce the right sound despite their proximity to the other parts of the movement, they then need to interact with the movement via the hammers that strike them and when the case is sealed the right note needs to be heard. No surprise then that a minute repeater is an expensive purchase providing both visual and auditory pleasure....