What Interesting Complications Are There?

CanberraOmega · Nov 15, 2012

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

Gavin · Nov 15, 2012

CanberraOmega
So what other interesting complications are there out there?

Just to name a few, moonphase, perpetual calendar, tourbillion, dead seconds, jumping hours. And many more.

CanberraOmega · Nov 15, 2012

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?

Lex4TDI4Life · Nov 15, 2012

Power reserves, dual-time zone (GMT), alarm/chimes.

Although it isn't exactly a complication, mystery dials are kinda cool 😁

CanberraOmega · Nov 15, 2012

What is a mystery dial?

Lex4TDI4Life · Nov 15, 2012

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

CanberraOmega · Nov 15, 2012

Lex4TDI4Life
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

Ah yes, I've seen the omega mystique, which is like this.