I was just blown away by the idea of an alarm in a mechanical watch - what is this feature called?. So what other interesting complications are there out there? I'm aware of: - repeaters - where the watch face always shows 12 o'clock, but you press a button and it jumps to the time (what is that called?) What is "equation of time"? Thanks
Just to name a few, moonphase, perpetual calendar, tourbillion, dead seconds, jumping hours. And many more.
Just found this for other newbies out there http://www.hautehorlogerie.org/en/h...on-watches/sounding-watches/striking-watches/ Also, the book I am reading at the moment Max Cutmore Collecting and Repairing Watches, says that repeaters/chiming was often included in pocket watches. Do you know of any Omega pocket watches with this feature?
Power reserves, dual-time zone (GMT), alarm/chimes. Although it isn't exactly a complication, mystery dials are kinda cool
On a mystery dial watch, a disc with an hour or minute marker turns instead of an arm with an indicator. Here is a decent explanation http://www.crazywatches.pl/mystery-dial