Manero Minute Repeater Anniversary

Through a sapphire crystal case back, each watch’s movement can be fully appreciated thanks to three peripherally mounted complications. First, the automatic winding system featuring a bidirectional oscillating weight made of 18 K gold, color-matched to each design. Next is CFB’s signature floating tourbillon: Neither mounted on the movement’s main plate nor attached to overlying bridges, it appears to float in space. Distinctively, CFB’s tourbillons are displayed at 12 o’clock, rather than 6 o’clock.

Finally, this watch features a peripherally mounted minute repeater regulator to control when hammers strike two gongs to sound hours, quarter hours and minutes. Communicating the time in this way – acoustically – remains one of the most complex achievements in the world of watchmaking. CFB has lent the complication additional uniqueness – unlike most such mechanisms, its minute repeater components are fully visible in the dial.