A new interpretation of the Minute Repeater Carillon for Speake Marin, the first watch with this complication to be made in Le Cercle des Horlogers' in-house workshop.
The main difference to the 2019 edition of the Minute Repeater Carillon with Piccadilly case by Speake Marinproduced at 100% in sapphire crystal, concerns its composition: the bezel is in platinum, the case middle in grade 5 titanium and the back entirely in sapphire crystal. The latter can also optionally be in platinum with a sapphire crystal porthole. The diameter of the watch is 42 mm.
A very special pluricomplicate
In addition to a minute repeater and carillon, the Speake Marin multi-complicate also has a tourbillon device.
On display at 6 o'clock on the openwork dial is the one-minute flying tourbillon, counterbalanced at 12 o'clock by the carillon minute repeater mechanism that comes to life thanks to a special slider on the left side. In addition to the chime, this slider also activates the 12 o'clock Roman numeral split-seconds, an animation that does not affect the watch's accuracy as the energy is provided by a separate spring.
The manufacture calibre SMAHH-02
The complex movement is made in the atelier Le Cercle des Horlogers.
The movement (visible from both the dial side and the back side) is the SMAHH-02 manual winding mechanical calibre (21,600 vibrations per hour, 51 jewels), which guarantees a 3-day power reserve. This calibre is made and assembled by Le Cercle des Horlogers, an atelier owned by Speake Marin. The assembly of 536 components, decoration and adjustment of this calibre by a master watchmaker takes approximately one month. The Carillon Minute Repeater complication indicates the time by means of three hammers: one for the hours, all three simultaneously for the quarters and one for the minutes.
In terms of decoration, the calibre is finished to the highest level. The hammers, the tourbillon cage, the minute repeater regulating bridge and the steel components of the movement (such as the screw heads) are hand-polished. The bridges are decorated with côtes de Geneve and hand-bevelled at 45°, the gears are circularly satin-finished, the movement elements are vertically satin-finished, and the main plate is hand-polished with a perlage of different sizes to cover the entire surface. It is a unique piece.
Price: 360,000 Swiss francs (excluding tax).
