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Hello Thomas! You make a good point here. I own several watches and I like complications but truth is that I only use my watches daily just to read the time and all the complications are there...
... only because I love to view them.
My favorite complication is the chronograph, but I confess I only use them to time 3,5 minutes boiled eggs. But sometimes I like to view them working just for a whim. I also find rattrapante chronos fascinating.
Moon phases is a very romantic complication I feel and I got a few with it. I don`t care to set the correct phase I confess. But I love the looks.
World Timers. Another complication I love, I find them magical and inviting to daydream with exotic places. I own a few from Omega, JLC, and GP but my favorite is my Patek 5110. I feel Patek makes the Kings of World Timers though other brands make some beautiful models of course.
GMT are useful for travels, perhaps more useful for me than a World Timer. My favorites are those made by Rolex.
Then I own other complications like Annual calender which are nice to have too just for the pleasure of owning them. I never owned a Perpetual because I feel I should have it always functioning and don`t want to complicate with that.
I find alarm watches lovely. It reminds me of past times when they were really useful.
My dream complication which I hope I will own someday is a sonnerie/repeater. That is romantic and sweet.
As you may know I love diving watches and own a collection of them both vintage and modern. During several decades before collecting I used a diving watch as my only watch and daily beater: a Submariner.
I also used to sport Scuba diving during my vacations.
To sumarize: I guess we need only one... or may be two or three watches.
More than this quantity ... the reason to own more than three is collecting and I find it fascinating to have watches with complications though I recognize that hours and minutes and sometimes seconds is all I need.
Best cordial regards, Abel
Favorite, and/or most used complication?
I am fortunate to have "a few" watches, some modern, some vintage. They all are time only, time and date, and 1 GMT. Would I use a chronograph if I had one? The answer is no, probably not so having one never really interested me, nor does a moon phase wat...
I think i own a decent amount of watches with complications . But like you said i hardly use them besides looking at the time .
Its just ,to have them, imo . I would love to own a Minute Repeater at some point šš».
My favorite complication among my very small collection
is the one which doesnāt need to be used but is constantly effective: the jump hour of my Quattro Spirit 25. The subtle, discreet hourly click of the hour disk is very poetic and measures the passing of time during the day. And even at night it happens th...
You should get CW Bel Canto!!
After reading your post Im convinced that you would LOVE it!!....it chimes once every passing full hour... ...
Yes, Iāve thought of the Bel Canto and of
the āSonnerie au passageā complication , but as Iām not fond of openwork dials I personally prefer the L.U.C Strike One to the Bel canto (even if I know prices are really worlds apart) and, most importantly, contrarily to the click of the jumping hour, wh...
They aren't made anymore, but you'd like "dumb" or "a toc" striking watches
The hammer hits the case instead of a gong; it's like putting your phone on vibrate.
Well, Iāve tried, at its beginning what could maybe be considered the modern
version of the āmontre Ć tocā (I mean the Apple Watch with its haptic feedback on the wrist) andā¦ hated it! I found this ātapticāstrike on the wrist very intrusive. And for the same reason I never pute my phone on vibrate (and keep it in silent mode const...
The chronograph
is most useful for my morning walks and travels. The moonphase is for purely aesthetic pleasure....sheer fun
Sonnerie for me
it chimes whether I think of it or not! Since complications are a collecting theme for me there are very few that I don't have but I guess an equation of time would be next on the list. Great question! Best Andreas
Equation is great, it's a shame there are so few and they're so expensive
Someone (Dubois Depraz?) needs to make a basic ETA/Sellita compatible EQ module
More of a passing thought most likely, but the power reserve
indicator is one I forgot to mention. I see both sides of that complication.
Complications
The complications my watches have are for aesthetic purposes only. I like the dial layout of a well done chronograph, the extra hand of the GMT, and the world depiction of the world timer. For me it adds interest to the dial that some (definitely not all)...
Clock / sonnerie
Not necessarily in watch form, I have a Westminster chiming clock at home that helps greatly with keeping track of time. Up/down and chrono are also great.
All in on alarms
If I have a theme it's alarms & I have far too many of them. Do I use it yes occasionally. It nice to know the ability's there if needed. Cheers JML
I thought the chronometer chronograph would be my most useful . . .
. . . so I had bought two for my aviation activities and one vintage gold chrono for its aesthetics, but I was wrong. For flying, the "pilot" with clear, all 12 alpha numerals with central seconds hand is my 100% favourite. In fact the 12 alpha-numerical ...
Hello Thomas! You make a good point here. I own several watches and I like complications but truth is that I only use my watches daily just to read the time and all the complications are there...
... only because I love to view them. My favorite complication is the chronograph, but I confess I only use them to time 3,5 minutes boiled eggs. But sometimes I like to view them working just for a whim. I also find rattrapante chronos fascinating. Moon ...
Annual Calendar
I have to sign a lot of forms, and every single time I look at my watchā¦ example I place my signature and date in this formatā”ļø SUN16MAR2025 ...