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Tick tock clock sound5/17/2023 ![]() ![]() “They will take place in the heart of our maison in the Vallée de Joux, and will blend a more academical approach with hands-on experience. “We are opening the doors of our manufacture to the public by offering interactive workshops we just developed,” Ms. It took three years of dynamic testing to attain the sound quality we were looking for, but 11 years for the complete timepiece.”Īnyone interested in an inside look at how sounds are produced can sign up for one of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s new Atelier d’Antoine Workshops. This we achieved by creating an acoustic resonance cage within the titanium case built on principles similar to those of stringed instruments. “We needed to find a way to augment the volume as much as possible. “On the one hand, we wanted to provide the loudest possible volume in a water-resistant case, which dampens the sound by around 20 to 25 percent,” Mr. Antonio Calce, chief executive and executive board member, ticked off some of the challenges behind the 935-part watch. At Greubel Forsey, hours and minutes ticked away for 11 years before the company produced its Grand Sonnerie. The creation of sound, any sound, takes time. Our clients tell us that they can’t leave it on their bedside table it keeps them awake!” In a quiet environment you can’t miss it. “The mechanism is so fast and so big, and there are so many moving parts, it creates a lot of sound. ![]() “It’s the craziest, biggest and fastest triple-axis tourbillon on the market,” said the chief communications officer, Charris Yadigaroglou. Moreover, clients can choose case material and dial design, including hand-painted versions, measurements, even complications for a musical box.”Īnd then there is the sound of MB&F’s new LM Thunderdome watch. Watches can be customized, he said: “Each client can request any melody. These are details you can play with to animate the sound.” Titanium, with its high density, will give a more crystalline sound. White gold does not sound the same as pink gold because the different alloys have different weights. “Gold gives a warmer sound because it absorbs the sounds much more. “The material of the case impacts how sound resonates,” Ms. The choice of material for the case affects its sound as well. ![]() “When you put the watch on the wrist, the sound isn’t blocked by the skin.” For the brand’s Minute Repeater Tri-Axial Tourbillon, “we placed the minute repeater mechanism so the sound goes out of the front of the watch,” she said. Nicolas listed some of the central components: the hammer or gong, bell, spring, tube and the case.Ĭlémence Dubois, chief product and marketing officer at Girard-Perregaux, explained how the placement of components affects the sound. The sound produced is the result of the different sizes, shapes and materials used in creating the hundreds of various components, and the way they are all assembled. And three, you have to transmit the sound from inside the watch to outside.” Two, you have to create the noise as if you were building a violin or guitar. “You have to play with three different technologies: One, you have to indicate the time. “It’s one of the most complicated functions in watches,” Mr. Producing a watch that can sound like the notes of an orchestra or chimes of an abbey requires a watchmaker with a high level of skill and experience. “So you would press a button and the chiming mechanism would indicate the hours and minutes.” “When watches were invented, there was no light to read the time by,” said Arnaud Nicolas, chief executive of L’Épée 1839. ![]() Watches with a chiming mechanism are among the oldest complications in the watch world, going back centuries. ![]()
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