Your favorite complication
What is your favorite complication? It can be a watch you currently own, one you want or just a complication you find interesting.
The one most useful to me is a watch that shows a second timezone. Some of the others I just have no use for.
Grand Sonnerie or Hour Striker
Sometimes you're at the office, you're working really hard and concentrating. Soon, hours pass by until you notice a faint "ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding" and you realize it's 9PM and you've got to go home! It's good to get louder ones so you notice the 8x Dings for 8PM.
But this complication shouldn't come at the cost of thickness, it shouldn't be difficult to wear. But often, the smaller timepieces are difficult to hear.
Traveler watch ( Time Zone / Geographique, World Time ), Alarm are the most useful for me. In the prestigious segment I would say Rattrapante and Minute Repeater. [nt]
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Roland Iten Belt Adjuster
I travel a lot and I don't find dual timezone watches to be that significantly helpful. I know how many hours I'm off from GMT, at home, at my new destination, and I can do the mathematical difference.
But, whether at home, while traveling, or other, a Roland Iten belt buckle is definitely a great thing to have!
Date! I don't always remember the date...
I remember the day, the month, the year, whether or not it's a leap year. I remember when to adjust my watches on the months shorter than 31 days. But I just need to have a date! So many of my watches don't have a date (sometimes that date window isn't always the most aesthetically pleasing) but I do like to have a date!
A Power Reserve can be helpful too!
A well made power reserve is actually very helpful. It tells you when the watch is about to stop and how well the winding system is winding it. Great thing to have!
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There are not many complications who catch me.
The only one who is interesting is a perpetual calendar.
The brand, how it’s made, and where it is made are for me the most important facts.
So, for example, an Ulysse Nardin with an inhouse movement with silicium parts from Le Locle made like a treasure. Contains the Ulysse Nardin an perpetual calendar, this would be my watch. Otherwise i buy it anyway.
The only one who is interesting is a perpetual calendar.
The brand, how it’s made, and where it is made are for me the most important facts.
So, for example, an Ulysse Nardin with an inhouse movement with silicium parts from Le Locle made like a treasure. Contains the Ulysse Nardin an perpetual calendar, this would be my watch. Otherwise i buy it anyway.
Perpetual Calendar
I really appreciate the Perpetual Calendar function. On my Patek Philippe pieces those watches with the PC also come with moon phase, etc.. but I love that Perpetual Calendar.
+1 . . .
. . . in spades. A perpetual (or annual) expands and enhances primary purpose.
Art
"Expands" and "enhances" its purpose in what way? Interesting comment, Art. [nt]
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If the primary purpose of a watch is to tell the time of the day, then a perpetual . . .
. . . expands the frame to a year. Other complications focus on either a narrow or different segment of time, or reflect the state of the movement - all worthy, but not really expansive.
In a sense, it's the macro complication.
Best,
Art
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In that context an equation of time complication, combined with a display of sunset and sunrise, would also be highly desirable?
An equation of time is also combined with a perpetual calendar.
To me: yes!
An equation of time is also combined with a perpetual calendar.
To me: yes!
Agreed.
At least for sheer interest.
But my favorite complication is the one I happen to be wearing that day.
—Rick
Split second chronograph! I don’t ever use it but love looking at them and find them so interesting. I never use a perpetual calendar either for that matter.
I love Hourstrikers and Grand Sonneries but due to a a high frequency hearing loss and even with hearing aids I cannot hear them. Saves me a lot of money!
I realized I had the same problem when listening to some Breguets recently...
What I would really like is an alarm with adjustable frequency.
In the high horology segment, I care more if a complication is artistic than useful
It should be something original that required effort to design, and give some unique aesthetic to the look of the watch and/or movement. Some of my favorites are the Lange Zeitwerk, Faberge DTZ, and Parmigiani Pantograph.
My favourite and most disliked
the date. It's incredibly useful. I don't really need a chronograph's precision nor do I need a GMT as I can add/subtract quickly from the local time. Having owned them I found sonneries and repeaters to be fragile. But I always found the need to need to refer to a date during the day. The reason I dislike it is because most brands don't integrate it beautifully.
