De Haas accepted the challenge of his new musical role, as his primary responsibility as Development Director was to prepare the company for its future. This meant, not only creating watches, but also a knowledge pool. "It is a noble aim," he said "but the question is how to begin?" It would have been easy to ask my friend Giulio to create a mechanism. "But that's not the watchmaking of today, and I strongly believe that a brand such as Franck Muller Replica Watches should have the capability to develop and build these complications in-house."
De Haas, with his newly-acquired mission in mind, set about planning a project for a minute repeated. The manufacture was also restoring an old pocket watch, Grand Complication No. 42500. De Haas was inspired by this historical masterpiece and decided that Franck Muller Replica Watches should enter the world with a bang if they were to be successful in the striking watch market. He reinterpreted No.42500 into a wristwatch.(www.topwatchshop.co)
The project was completed in seven years, with the development of the gongs alone taking a large part of the time. De Haas says, "Ofcourse, I could've bought gongs in Switzerland." "But even in Switzerland, there are only three to four people who can make them. We were therefore eager to learn this skill ourselves. It took one and a half years of sweat, blood and tears to test the weights of the hammers and gongs, as well as the tension of the spring that connects the two. "I had learned a little bit about building repeaters for APRP, and my goal was pass this on."
De Haas, who was launching a watch in 2013, launched with a monopusher split seconds chronograph with flying second, a perpetual date, as well as the minute repeater. De Haas believes that the most important thing about a grand-complication is the interaction of all the functions. While many grand complications include a minute repeater, Franck Muller Replica Watches chose to integrate the entire list of complications.Rolex Submariner Replica He calls it "very nasty" today. Although I'm hated by many, I believe we did an excellent job. We created something unique that made a big impression. It was a lot of fun for us, despite all the frustrations.
De Haas was apprehensive as he approached midnight of the 28th February 2016, when it was the first leap year. "A watch can only be a success if the job is done. It did! "It was amazing to watch - I recorded it so I could see it again and again."
The Franck Muller Replica Watches Grand Complication is a wristwatch that combines a perpetual clock with moonphase with a split seconds chronograph and flying seconds. It also has a petite and grande sonnerie and minute repeater.