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THE WATCHES THAT MAKE MUSIC. THE WATCHES THAT MAKE MUSIC. THE WATCHES THAT MAKE MUSIC. THE WATCHES THAT MAKE MUSIC
13 July 2025
THE QUIRKY BACKSTORY OF THE WATCHES THAT MAKE MUSIC
What if your watch didn’t just tick… but played?
This wasn’t about chiming the hour — we’re talking real mechanical music, embedded in timepieces that sing, hum, and charm their way through the day.
At the heart of it all? @reuge. Masters of the musical pocket watch, they filled golden cases with miniature music boxes — complete with pins, combs, and tiny tunes hidden behind elegant dials.
Classical melodies, lullabies, even folk tunes, all activated by a flick or a wind.
Then came creations like the @ulyssenardinofficial Stranger, a modern symphony in motion, playing melodies like “Strangers in the Night” on cue.
Or the beautifully bonkers @girardperregaux Opera Three, which used a tiny keyboard and twin barrels to pluck notes inside your watch, one sound at a time.
And let’s not forget @tissot_official’s “Four Seasons” set — four watches, each one themed after Vivaldi’s concerti.
A wearable tribute to the elegance of time and tempo. Some didn’t play, but looked the part: wristwatches shaped like guitars, desk clocks with integrated singing birds, even pieces where the watch was inside the music box itself — form following function in the quirkiest way.
