Most useful complication...for you...

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Chronograph. Its the one that got me started, and makes up the vast majority of my collection. As a filmmaker, timing scenes is critical...and I bought my first chronograph specifically for this purpose. Its turned into an obsession.

Dibs on the A. Cairelli! 馃榿
 
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Chronograph. Its the one that got me started, and makes up the vast majority of my collection. As a filmmaker, timing scenes is critical...and I bought my first chronograph specifically for this purpose. Its turned into an obsession.
Wow. Some very nice watches in this collection!!! 馃グ
 
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Date window, first and foremost.

Quick set time adjustment (hour hand), not a complication per say, is super useful when traveling... and so is the second time zone. 馃槈

And count-down on my G-Shock or X-33 for workouts... but this surely doesn鈥檛 count.
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- I will even go on record for saying that the cyclop/magnification loupe is a nice "complication" to see the date!! 馃槈
- also, I am a sucker for bright and long-lasting luminescent performance for easy night time reading. 馃憤
 
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Chronograph is an obvious choice but I really like a proper dive bezel. Rarely am I timing things over 60 mins and it's just so legible.
 
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I own an Omega Geneve Chronostop and i鈥檝e often read the criticism that the 60 second timer is pointless. In reality I have found it really useful for taking pulse and respiratory rates as they are both measured using a 60 second interval. I鈥檓 surprised they were never popular amongst/marketed towards doctors and nurses.
 
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Fascinating thread for someone who is an electronic nerd and knows nothing about time pieces..Truly fascinating though..
 
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Lume, date, GMT, then hacking for me. I鈥檓 not a big chronograph fan, mostly because they鈥檙e aren鈥檛 as easy to read in a glance. Lume is really important to me. I wear my watches to bed and like to know what time it is every time I wake up. Visibility in any lighting is why I鈥檝e been wearing my Ti PO a lot lately.
 
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When i was working in the lab, chronograph was the desired complication for timing incubations or running gels.
These days a GMT, i find i need three timezones to keep on top of things.
 
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A seperate one? Are you kidding?
Have you seen the prices of those f*#king things?
Even a pro watchmaker would be extravagant owning more than one.

Yeah, I was working up a CousinsUK order for a few things I can't find here in the states and briefly had the Moebius one in my basket. I found an acceptable substitute at CasKer for less so I backed it out. I am impressed at how much less expensive some items are at Cousins, even considering shipping.

The parts are cleaned before they are dipped, and I use a dedicated pair of tweezers for this...

Thanks for the reply. They appear to be brass tweezers.

I found a copy of Omega Working Instruction 40 online but it wasn't the updated version you mentioned elsewhere. A very interesting read along with all the others I could find. I also studied the Tech sheet for the 9300 today and I guarantee you that I will NEVER go any farther than the automatic. That they made painfully obvious.
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Right up there with moon phase competing for least useful is the month on a triple date. Is there a quad date with year?
How dare you. As a proud triple date owner I think that the month AND day of the week are equally useless!
 
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How dare you. As a proud triple date owner I think that the month AND day of the week are equally useless!
Month is useless but honestly I work all kinds of hours and the day of the week would come in handy for me. Some days I'm outa bed and commuting at 230am and work till 4pm. Some days I go in at 2pm and out at midnight, only to be back in at 4am. I shower at the company gym and sleep in my office multiple times a month and sometimes the days start to just melt together Haha. I never know what day it is and I'm jealous of people with normal schedules.
 
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For me the date is the most useful complication as I don鈥檛 have to think about the day, month or year, but I always have trouble remembering the date. My second most useful is the quick set hour hand for travel... Luckily my watch has both.
 
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For me the date is the most useful complication as I don鈥檛 have to think about the day, month or year, but I always have trouble remembering the date. My second most useful is the quick set hour hand for travel... Luckily my watch has both.

The date for me also. As i have trouble remembering my date. 馃榾
 
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For me, would have to be the chronograph. I'm a musician and work in both instructional and professional settings. I ask my students and colleagues not to take phones out during rehearsal for the benefit of the artistic process, and feel that I should adhere to the same standard. Having a watch is imperative for me to successfully manage my classes and rehearsals in spaces where there is no clock. The chronograph allows me to measure the run time of our performance without breaking my no-phone policy. Another cute trick (which I admit, I have never applied in a practical way) would be using the seconds hand to calculate different metronome markings in relation to the bph of the movement.

And, as long as I'm on my soap box--my least favorite complication is undeniably the date. To my eye, the date window only ever breaks up the fluidity of a well-designed dial. The color and font of the date wheel is more often a detriment than a benefit, and it is a pain to reset every time I put on a watch that has been allowed to exhaust its power reserve. With a time only piece, I only need to set the current time and I'm off to the races. A controversial opinion, I'm sure!
 
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Ohh, ohh, over here.

I forgot the Helium Escape Valve. Particularly useful in selling watches. Got me to buy four of 'em.

Reason for editing: Geez, I can't spel "here"?
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Chronograph. Its the one that got me started, and makes up the vast majority of my collection. As a filmmaker, timing scenes is critical...and I bought my first chronograph specifically for this purpose. Its turned into an obsession.

This collection is truly missing a 806 navitimer. Awesome lineup!
 
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I use a dive bezel often for tracking elapsed time when I'm paddleboarding or cycling, mostly to keep track of when I have to turn around and head back to shore/home, as I'm prone to biting off longer distances than I have time for.

The chronograph I mostly use for helping the kids with transitions between play time and other things like homework or bedtime. They hate me barking at them to stop what they're doing but seem to accept it when I show them he the elapsed time (after a proper warning of course). Pretty expensive tool for managing children but such is the life of a middle aged dude