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5 bars of 4 notes
First quarter-hour
Second quarter-hour
Third quarter-hour
Fourth quarter-hour
Figure 2
Let’s take the example of the watch
chiming at 14 minutes past 12 o’clock
(Figure 3).
The watch strikes 12 times
with the deepest note to indicate that
it is 12 o’clock. Then, it chimes the full
melody of the 4
th
quarter-hour, to in-
dicate that a full hour has just passed.
Finally, it strikes the highest note 14
times to indicate that 14 minutes have
passed since the full hour.
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