The Grasp Grande Custom Repetition Minutes Perpetuelle comes with a brand-new motion, the caliber 950, which along with offering a perpetual calendar, has been engineered to optimize the acoustical qualities of its minute repeater. The flat, overlapping coils that characterize most minute repeaters have been distributed with in favor of a gong structure that takes full benefit of the three-dimensional house afforded by the motion and the case. Every gong wraps across the decrease fringe of the motion earlier than touring up the peak of the motion, splitting off from the opposite gong, after which half-encircling the alternative aspect of the motion. The decrease pitched gong follows a single, helical path, whereas the higher-pitched one doubles again on itself like a tuning fork’s tines. This helps to impart readability to its treble notes. Jaeger-LeCoultre says that the longer gongs utilized in caliber 950 additionally allow longer and richer tones.
