WATCH COMPLICATIONS

 

The term watch complication refers to the display or indication of any additional time information beyond the hour, minute and second.

There are three categories of complications; the display of astronomical information, such as calendar information, the measurement of differentiated time, such as the chronograph or watches with a sound signal, such as the Minute Repeater. This last category is generally perceived as the most prestigious by watch lovers.

This differs from the so-called complicated mechanisms, such as the tourbillon, the resonance or the retrograde display for example.

ASTRONOMICAL INDICATIONS

1. The date
2. The day
3. The month
4. The moon phase
5. The complete calendar
6. The annual calendar
7. The perpetual calendar
8. The perpetual calendar
9. The equation of time
10. Indication of the seasons, equinoxes, solstices & signs of the Zodiac
11. Display of the tides

TIME MEASUREMENT

1. The chronograph
2. The flyback chronograph
3. The split-second chronograph
4. The double time zone (GMT)
5. The Worldtime
5. The power reserve

SOUND SIGNAL

1. The Grande Sonnerie
2. The Small Ring
3. The Minute Repeater
4. The Westminster Chime
5. The Passing Bell

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