Goh
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Mar 05, 2024,04:23 AM
I very much prefer “complicated” watches – I only own/owned
a handful of time only/time with date watches (out of >80) in my 20+ years in
this hobby.
The craftsmanship that goes into a complicated mechanical
timepiece, with several hundreds of small mechanical parts operating together
in a small space to power the various functions of the watch is the epitome of
fine engineering for me.
I dipped my toes into many different complications:
- Alarm:
- Calendar Week:
- Chronograph:
- Split-second Chronograph:
- Foudroyante:
- Retrograde:
- Resonance:
- Perpetual Calendar with World Time:
- Tourbillon:
I am always fascinated by the striking watches, but the Minute Repeaters are a bit out of my reach for me, the closest I’ve reach is this beautiful Hourstriker:
Then I started to focus on Chronograph’s, then Perpetual Calendar’s…, I think Perpetual Calendar Chronograph’s is where I am heading towards.
Regards,
Goh
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What do we really need in a watch??
By: Thomas_3 : March 4th, 2024-17:11
Honestly I think most of us can get buy with time only or a time/date watch. Yet so many of us buy complicted watches, I am referring to the general watch buying public here. I personally don't want a complicated watch, my eyes can't see the dial anyway. ...
;)
By: amanico : March 4th, 2024-20:53
+1
By: E in PA : March 4th, 2024-18:52
Agreed.
By: indignantdenial : March 4th, 2024-17:51
That's why I bought my FF Bathyscaphe. Simple, tells the time frighteningly accurately, has just the date (which I need in my line of work), and is robust enough to do the activities I do in life. It's also luxurious enough; great finishing and very nice ...
Difficult to decide.
By: Denes_Papp : March 4th, 2024-18:26
For one a QP+chrono for sure: The ultimate dream watch would be a Sonata chrono QP ...
So many reasons to love watches
By: xto : March 4th, 2024-18:49
It can serve a purpose - time, home time, elapsed time and (except for Nico) date, etc It can remind you of something intrinsic about the solar system - moonphase, equation of time, etc The innovation, technology and craftsmanship can impress and delight ...
+1
By: Derreck : March 6th, 2024-22:11
For me
By: E in PA : March 4th, 2024-18:55
A retrograde jump hour with deadbeat seconds a date window and a GMT chapter Ring should do it 😂
Well, the move to time only has been very strong in recent years.
By: Jay (Eire) : March 4th, 2024-19:21
In the independent world time only watches, albeit it more “complicated” time only watches and those finished at a higher level, seem to have dominated the market over the last several years. Perhaps for those for whom complications on dials no longer mak...
You know the cycles...
By: VinnieD : March 4th, 2024-19:51
WIS seem to live through a period of interest in the most complicated watches possible. During that phase, I bought a rattrapante (GP 9012, which was very nice). I actually bought that reference twice! But I ended up selling it as it was totally useless o...
Agreed
By: m2 : March 4th, 2024-20:20
I don't like that complications add significantly to the risk of service being required. More parts=exponentially higher chance of problems! With that said: -Chronographs because of how beautiful manual wind chronos can be. I love what they do to a moveme...
GP 4940
By: imrootbeer7 : March 4th, 2024-20:44
jump hour 2nd time zone and alarm. ...
My most worn watch is a simple Explorer.
By: RabidManatee : March 4th, 2024-20:50
But I’ve always thought a moonphase would be cool to have. I think the complication is a cool, alternative, middle-of-the-road in a temporal sense, way of marking time. And that’s what watches are for, no? Plus they look cool!
Yes
By: p.boxster : March 4th, 2024-21:40
…the Patek Grandmaster Chime 6300. But also the most complicated and expensive watch I fear…
A simple complication for me is day date.
By: gup502 : March 4th, 2024-21:45
A more practical complication is GMT, with icing on top, it will be GMT + Alarm. Technically more complicated movement for me is a chronograph. Tourbillon is not that complicated but the watch in your message is like a high end Swiss Army knife, good to h...
What we really need in a watch?
By: mrds : March 4th, 2024-22:04
For me this isn’t the right question. I need nothing in a watch. I know the time. To me the question is, what do I enjoy in a watch? No easy answer here. I do enjoy the notion of eternity from a perpetual calendar. I love to play around on my chronograph....
I guess,fundamentally,
By: halkcb : March 5th, 2024-01:07
the watch has to tell time fairly accurately. The aesthetics of the dial and case is important.....the rest is icing on the cake However,i think a chronograph and world time function would be useful and practical,for me.
Time only!
By: patrick_y : March 5th, 2024-04:04
I used to really need a date on a watch. But now, I find dates aren't always beautiful. So I often times avoid them nowadays for a more symmetrical look. Thus, I'm constantly buying Time Only watches! Perpetual calendars? No thank you - I find that they o...
Everything!
By: Goh : March 5th, 2024-04:23
I very much prefer “complicated” watches – I only own/owned a handful of time only/time with date watches (out of >80) in my 20+ years in this hobby. The craftsmanship that goes into a complicated mechanical timepiece, with several hundreds of small mecha...
Don't need,
By: Mary Anny : March 5th, 2024-07:10
But I would like to own a triple calendar with moon phase at some stage. Just for the pleasure (displeasure) of playing with it!
I dont need,
By: shafran : March 6th, 2024-10:14
But I love a chronograph, and something like a 5270 is a dream watch.