Repetition minute souveraine

REPETITION SOUVERAINE
An ultra flat and extremely light Minute Repeater François-Paul Journe is continually searching to invent and craft timepieces which are both innovative and practical. He has managed both with his first ultra-flat Minute Repeater. After the Grande Sonnerie, the minute repeater is the most complex and sophisticated of horological complication, one that demands the very utmost in both technical and artistic virtuosity.

To date, the oldest known watch with répétition minutes was produced around 1710 in Friedberg, Germany. This invention made it possible to tell the time during the night by actuating a pusher on the case. When activated by the pusher, the complication "tells" the time by causing two hammers to strike gongs which sound the hours, the quarters and the minutes.

With this new ultra-slim minute repeater, François-Paul Journe once again raises the bar for striking watches. The key goal for the creation of the Repetition Souveraine was to create a minute repeater that would leave an imprint in the history of horological science.

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Technical Specifications - Repetition Souveraine
Movement: Calibre No.1408
Manually wound by 38 turns
Movement in 18 K rose gold
33 jewels
Dimensions of the Movement: Overall diameter : 32.20 mm
Casing-up diameter : 31.6 mm
Height : 4.04 mm
Overall height: 4.64 mm
Height of winding system: 2.38 mm
Diameter of stem thread : SO.90
Case diameter: 40.00 mm
Case height: 8.65 mm
Balance: Four inertia weights
Anachron free-sprung flat balance spring
Mobile stud holders
Free sprung
Laser soldered balance spring stud
Pinned GE stud
Frequency: 21,600 v/h (3Hz)
Inertia: 10.10 mg/cm2
Angle of lift: 52°
Amplitude: 0h dial up/fully wound >300°
24h dial up > 280°
Principal characteristics: Minute repeater strikes on demand
Time adjustment via crown in position 2
Repeater activated by single slide
Linear escapement with 15 tooth escape wheel
Two position crown
Two mainspring barrels in parallel
Indications in Blue: Central hours and minutes
Sub-second at 7h30
Power reserve at 3h00
View to striking hammers
Power reserve : 56 hours
Decoration: Circular grained baseplate
Straigt waves on bridges
3D engraving
Screw heads polished and bevelled
Pegs with polished rounded ends
Steel components hand polished and decorated
Dial: Silver
Hob-nail pattern guilloche in the centre
Moiré finish in sub-seconds sub-dial and power-reserve sector
Satin finish chapter ring
Blued-steel hands
Case: Stainless Steel
Diameter: 40.00 mm
Height: 8.65 mm
Number of Pieces: Movement without dial: 312
Cased- up on leather strap: 358