Reply With QuoteOh go on then, any excuse. Lemania 5190 unique to the Mareoscope. Moonphase and tide display in subdial at 3.
I mean a proper complication, beyond a date, GMT or chronograph, which are all pretty common place. I don't, as my most complicated watch is a GMT.
It would be interesting to see them.
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Oh go on then, any excuse. Lemania 5190 unique to the Mareoscope. Moonphase and tide display in subdial at 3.
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You show off.Originally Posted by Mr Curta
Funnily enough I have just posted something about the complications worn last year here (if the link works): https://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.p...=1#post6169272
Obviously picture of the watches are a lot more interesting than the charts.
Does this belong here?
That is so cool. Congratulations!
"The whole purpose of mechanical watches is to be impertinent." ~ Lionel a Marca, CEO of Breguet
Does a tourbillon qualify, even if it is completely useless in a wristwatch
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Early days, but you appear to be the winner so far.Does this belong here?
Is Patrick Philip an Irish microbrand?
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A few big guns coming to the party now.
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Did You Know That: A Tourbillon Is Not A Complication
https://www.watchtime.com/featured/d...-complication/
Actually those are amazing value for money.
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"The whole purpose of mechanical watches is to be impertinent." ~ Lionel a Marca, CEO of Breguet
I haven't read the link, but presume it is because it still just tells the time. Still an amazing feat of minature engineering though.
What I've always thought - it's just a different style of movement.
Alarm?
Thermometer? (nothing to do with the movement obviously)
Or day-date?
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Annual calendar on my Sky-Dweller
It's just a matter of time...
Annual calendar split regulator plus kitten ...
Lovely watch but I'm not familiar with the kitten complication, how does it work?Annual calendar split regulator plus kitten ...
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Power reserve counts?
The Equation of Feline, a bewitching complication.
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This thread is becoming very TRF, all we need now is a pic taken inside the cabin of a 911.
Does combining an annual calendar with a kitten make it a Purrpetual Calendar ?
Only if the hand alignment is off by a whisker.
Hublot 'Invisible Bang' watch with self cloaking complication
Unfortunately away in Switzerland at the moment. It sustained a crack in the glass and in my naïveté I thought it would be a simple matter of inserting a new glass. However this was not the case and it had to go back to Patek for a full service and to ensure there was no damage to the movement
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^^^Nice watch, but I see we share similar photographic skills.
Does this belong here?
Here is a similar one that will help to balance affairs being a 'touch' cheaper!
Mitch
LOL! That sounds like something Hublot would try and pull.Hublot 'Invisible Bang' watch with self cloaking complication
Emporer's new clothes.
Here are my current ones :
Reverse side: Patek Philipe Annual Calendar (Day Date Month) with Moon Phase and pr indicators (yellow gold) 5146J
Patek Philippe "Pilot" Dual Time (shows two hours simultaneously - home and local) White gold.
Omega X-33 - multifunction space watch - UTC; MT; MTA; UTA; Countdown/Countup; Day, Month, Hour, Min, Sec. and more. Passed NASA test for space flight.
“ Ford... you're turning into a penguin. Stop it.” HHGTTG
I would guess that the OP means mechanical by 'proper complication'. Including digital opens the door to include smartwatches, which can feature any complication under the sun.
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How about a mechanical depth gauge? Not part of the movement of course.
That's an interesting one, and has led me to find out more about Boyle-Mariotte depth gauges.
It's good to see you looking in occasionally.
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Gravimeter:
This has to be a shoo-in for anyone into complications
https://www.curtawatch.com/
It doesn't have any complications, it's just a three-hander with a Ronda R150. It's a right dog's dinner of a design, the best bit about it is the packaging.
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A couple with dual time zones.
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On second thoughts, does a super compressor count?
A quick picture of my two.
Just my humble Longines Heritage Conquest 7751 based watch, which sports central chronograph seconds, central date hand, day of the week, month, 30 minutes chronograph counter, 12 hours chronograph counter, moonphase indicator and 24 hour time.
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What a cracking pair Mathew, surely you don't need 2!A couple with dual time zones.
Cheers,
Ben
..... for I have become the Jedi of flippers
" an extravagance is anything you buy that is of no earthly use to your wife "
Not the most complicated, but this has day, date and month, and 24hr indicator.
Does being filled with oil count as a complication? Or the bubble, perhaps?
Time zone/world timers/GMTs are my favourite complications. Those two Omegas of Mr Curta’s look perfect.
My JLC Duometre Travel Time throws in jump hours on the ‘travel’ time zone, which is independently adjustable to the minute. The ‘globe’ moves with the timezone and shows day/night in that zone as well.
The movement also has two separate mainspring barrels, one for each timezone, but regulated by the same escapement, so that operating one doesn’t interfere with the other. There are also two power reserve indicators, but everything is wound and operated from a single crown (and two pushers to move the timezone by an hour at a time).
A JLC watchmaker explained it to me but I still don’t quite get how it all works independently but connected. It looks pretty though.
Completely subjective, but I do like JLC’s general approach to complications.
Hodinkee did a write up here : https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/ha...ue-travel-time
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Obviously I don't own it, but the George Daniels' Space Traveller has to take the biscuit on the complications front.
I am quite surprised that over the (probably) thousands of members, so few complications have been shown.
How about a complete calendar or a flyback Chrono
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There are chronographs, and then there are chronographs....
backlash-free gears; proprietary horizontal clutch mechanism; instantaneous jumping minutes; snail reset cams; overwind protection, and proprietary regulation mechanism.
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I think I'd wear that movement side up, it's very nice indeed.There are chronographs, and then there are chronographs....
backlash-free gears; proprietary horizontal clutch mechanism; instantaneous jumping minutes; snail reset cams; overwind protection, and proprietary regulation mechanism.
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Did have a couple of JLCs also, but they have new homes now
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I’d like a GMT hand on a chronograph but they seem like hensteeth outside vintage jobbies.
Plenty of Breitling or Bremont about, not cheap but nice
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Sinn do a number of them.
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