Functions and use of the
minute repeater
The Millenar y Minute Repeater watch w ith
Audemars Piguet escapement strikes the hours,
quar ters and minutes on demand, using two
hammers that strike gongs on two notes, a low
tone for the hours, the high tone, for the minutes,
and both alternately for the quarters.
Example : 3 hours 37 minutes
The striking mechanism is activated by means of
the repeater slide
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built into the left side of
the case-middle.
A safety system makes it impossible to activate
the striking mechanism if the slide has not been
fully deployed.
N.B. :
the extent of slide deployment depends on
the number of hours to be struck.
N.B. :
when the strike mechanism is activated,
the slide should be completely free of all external
constraints.
3 hours 30 minutes 7 minutes
If your watch stops
Normally if your watch stops, simply winding it
with the crown is enough to start the movement.
However, sometimes the movement does not
start again automatically.
This is because the escapement is
no longer receiving an impulse,
as the impulse-pin and pallet
fork remain fixed in this position
(Fig. 1). No impulse is being sent
to the balance.
Turning the case a few times to turn
the balance is enough to reactivate
it (Fig. 3). This means that the
escapement wheel sends the
necessary impulse to the balance
(Fig. 2).
Fig. 2
Fig. 1
Fig. 3
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