Perhaps one of my ALL TIME favorite books is Carter Beats the Devil. It is a period piece, a sort of Educated Forrest Gump of the early 20th century, and most of it taking place in San Francisco and Oakland. It is a BRILLIANT read, and I HIGHLY recommend it!
At some point in the story, young carter the magician was presented with a pocket watch with a repeater function. Now if that story were to be set in the modern age, I suspect he would have been presented this one from Audemars Piguet.
An 18 carat pink gold oval case, sapphire crystals both front and back. Here are the rest of the details -
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| Courtesy of Audemars Piguet |
An 18 carat pink gold oval case, sapphire crystals both front and back. Here are the rest of the details -
- DIAL
- White enamel dial, black roman numerals, white enamel small seconds subdial
- BRACELET
- Hand-sewn brown crocodile leather with large square scales, secured by an AP folding clasp in 18-carat pink gold
- REFERENCE
- 26371OR.OO.D803CR.01
- Functions
- Hours, minutes, small seconds, minute repeater
- Base movement thickness
- 10.05
- Movement thickness with module
- 10.05 mm
- Total diameter
- 37.90 mm
- Type of balance
- Variable-inertia balance fitted with inertia-blocks
- Frequency of balance wheel
- 21,600 vph (3 Hz) Hz
- Balance-spring type
- Flat double balance-spring
- Number of jewels
- 40
- Power reserve
- 165 h
- Number of parts
- 443
SPECIFICITIES
- Offset hours/minutes at 3 o’clock, offset seconds at 7 o’clock
- Three-position winding crown
- Repeater slide serving to activate the minute repeater at 9 o’clock
- Direct-impulse AP escapement
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