Complication (horology) - Examples

Examples

Examples of complications include:

  • 24-hour watch
  • Automatic watch (self-winding watch)
  • Chronograph for measuring short time periods
  • Double chronograph or rattrapante, split-second timing or lap timing
  • Flyback chronograph, can be reset while the timer is running
  • Date display
  • Day of week display
  • Second time zone
  • Equation of time
  • Display of zone solar time (as opposed to standard time)
  • Display of true local solar time
  • Display of sidereal time
  • Display of time zones (for the world traveler)
  • Time of sunset
  • Time of sunrise
  • Easter date calculators
  • Quarter repeater
  • Five-minute repeater
  • Minute repeater
  • Passing strike (chiming watch)
  • Alarm
  • Month display
  • Sign of the Zodiac
  • Display of leap year cycle (year 1 to 4)
  • Moon phases
  • Mechanised star chart
  • Astrolabe dial
  • Perpetual calendar
  • Annual calendar
  • Power reserve or réserve de marche
  • Quickset date
  • Week of year
  • Dead second
  • Foudroyante (Flying Seconds)
  • Tourbillon (considered by some to not be a complication but rather a mechanical refinement)
  • Time signal processor

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