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From the most basic date complication to the finest ones such as minute repeater, what is your favorite complication and why?

For me it has always been the chronograph. Not ony it is useful for my daily life, it is the only complication that gives me the excuse to keep "playing with it", instead of complications like date that after you set it, you just need to let it run by itself. The part I love most is when I press the reset pusher and watch the hands flip back to zero in a split sec. Makes me feel like I am owning more than just a watch.

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Breitling Chronomat 01 Limited Edition
Breitling Navitimer 01 46mm

On a mechanical, a GMT hand - simple but hugely useful. (And on a quartz, honourable mention for the quick change on the Aerospace - at the daylight saving flick the crown and watch the hands move back / fwd one hour, always love that.)

While I like pretty much love all complications as mechanical watches never cease to amaze me in terms of what a few wheels and springs can achieve, the one that is the most useful to me (and therefore by extension my favourite) is the simple date wheel!

I've got a few watches that don't have a date complication and it's only when I'm wearing one of those that I realise there isn't a day that goes by where I don't need to look up the date for something.

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Driver8

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I like the three in this one...



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I'm with you Chronomat. Chronograph function. Everything else is unimportant to me. QP, day date, etc. Just a good break up of time suits me, 2 or 3 or even 4 sub dials. ️️

Cheers.

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Jim

"You have Control".

I would say that that date function is my favorite and most useful. Love chronos for the look though.

Moonphase for me, coupled with a day, date and month, and possibly a season, week number and year quarter............

Mmmm.........



Stef

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Love the Chronograph function. I use it many 3 times per day. Unfortunately I've have had 3 Brand New Chronospace watches where the Chronograph failed after about 3 weeks in each case. I am actually considering a Watch without Chronograph. Just to simplify the movement and not risk failure again


Ling ling

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My favorite on existing watches I have is the mechanic alarm on the JLC MC EWA.

My favorite all time is the minute repeater and I deeply regret that I sold a pocketwatch with this complication 10 years ago...

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My favorite complications are the Rattrapante, and minute repeater.

The most useful complications (but not necessarily my favorites) are the date wheel, Chrono, and GMT-hand in that order.

I am absolutely fascinated by watch complications, particularly given they are in such a small package. The creativity and engineering are both staggering and very cool to me.


No doubt Aleister. Very sorry to hear.

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"Ingrid Bergman"

The date. Some say a seconds hand is a complication too. In that case, the date and seconds hand. There's nothing better than big a sweeping hand to let you know the watch is running.

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Peter

BREITLING for Bentley Motors T & Mark VI, Aerospace
ROLEX Submariner Ceramic116610LN
OMEGA Plantet Ocean 8500 42mm Orange arabics
OCEAN7 LM-3

Day and date function for me, especially since I retired and tend to lose track of what day (and planet) I'm on.

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Breitling B-1 1999
Breitling Chrono Superocean 2004
Casio G Shock
Citizen Eco Drive AT4000-02E (for gardening)
Seiko 5 SNZG15J1
Hamilton X Wind LE

I'm just finishing up a troubleshooting exercise on one of my minute repeaters, which also has a rattrapante. I'll collect some pictures and post a description of how they work. It is a somewhat elegant but diabolical machine!

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1903 Navi
Navi Olympus
Super Avenger

What is it - I want one

Sounds absolutely awesome, that would be much appreciate! I can imagine it is diabolical, I look forward to hearing more.

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Happines is Good Health and a Bad Memory.
"Ingrid Bergman"