Alvin Hong
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It depends on how many watches you already have
Hi Aden
My personal preference is a Perpetual, or if one does not want to spend so much, an Annual Calendar.
There is something nice about not having to find time in the morning of the 1st day of each month, to make sure the date is correct.
I use a PP Annual with a bracelet as my every day watch. As a surgeon, I wash my hands after seeing each patient. If I used a leather strap, it would disintegrate very quickly.
Chonographs are technically more demanding, and there are different ways of building one.
Although I have a one, I never use this function, not even to time how long before my parking coupon expires.
I also have a Worldtime, but as I do not travel so much, I also do not use this function.
Of course, many of us will like to own Tourbillons and Minute Repeaters. An alarm does not interest me so much, but I am sure other people appreciate this type of complication.
I am not commenting on the beauty of 2 hand watches as your posting suggests you are looking for comments on complications.
What are you looking at, and having a great time doing so ?
Alvin
What complication would you choose?
Hi all, as mentioned - with so many complications around, which one would you choose if you were picking a new watch to get? I'm leaning to perpetual calender. Any opinions?
I am more towards a friendly complication.
Alarm, GMT, World Time, or a sublime Minute Repeater, but not in the same league. Best, Nicolas
Hello Aden. Interesting question, in my case...
... the answer is somewhat conditioned to my budget limits. Presently, chronographs is my favorite complication, followed by GMT and World Time, but if budget were not a problem, I feel that the nicest complication is the Minute Repeater. I´d love to...
Echoing the Other Posts Here...
Hi Aden, I, too, am inclined to keep complications user-friendly. My criteria include (a) user friendliness, (b) practical usability and (c) aesthetic attractiveness. For my collection, "complexity for the sake of complexity" doesn't attract me (though I ...
Agree, simple is best
I would agree that a very fine example of time only is preferable--a fine independent for example. Not cheap, but neither is a perpetual. I also like a rugged, NON dressy chronograph such as the 7750 based varieties. A chrono, to me, should have 3 subdial...
The Curmudgeon's Opinion.
One minute hand and one hour hand is about as complicated as I can cope with. Even a second hand is superfluous to requirements. Old Father Time is an excellent teacher when it comes to learning what is and what isn't important. All younger members should...
All younger members...
...should treat that opinion with the respect it deserves. 'Cynic' is the name the naïf gives to the realist. ;-) Cheers, pplater.
I like the sound of it
So if budget is not an issue My preferences would be: alarm, MR, GS. Best Damjan
I would also tend towards a perpetual calendar . . .
. . . as it's a truly useful complication. Most complications are of marginal utility at best, but perpetuals (and annuals) actually deliver useful information in a mechanically fascinating way. You're on the right track. Cordially, Art
Tourbillon w/Minute Repeater, or a Duometre
I think I might have to have a tourbillon with a minute repeater. Either that or a Duometre! - scott
One thing is certain....
I don t like piles of complications,I like a watch with one complication usually a specialist watch if you pass me the term. A Chrono,a perp cal,a GMT,an Alarm,a Minute repeater.........unless the complications are somehow related like in the Sonata where...
I have two classes of complications that I like ...
Simple: - running seconds with "hacking". I cannot live without the first ang got annoyed when the movement don't "hack". - date. I can live without but is a good feature (I keep looking the watch even when there is no date. Medium - chronographs, with a ...
ToEachHisOwn
To each his own, But a perpetual calendar is an easy personal favorite for me as well. Its a functional complication I find really useful, and isn't just there for show, style, etc. Good question! Rishad
I am fascinated by the useless...
Equation of time, moonphase, and other astronomical complications. In real life, however, I have to say my chronograph is my most useful complication. Still, one might dream......
Less is more...
.... I prefer a not so busy dial and watch. So for me a chronograph and a perpetual calendar is often too busy. There are however excretions as Mosers perpetual calendar or PP chronographs using one dial. However, I always tend too look at the usability a...
Umnn...
... date? I like simple ones.... But I wouldn't mind owning ONE perpetual and or Moonphase, and ONE minute repeater in the distant future.... Ken
Chronos
I like chronographs because they fascinate me. Never mind that I hardly use the function. I hardly use my watch to tell time anyway. I usually rely on my cellphone for that. If I were in a meeting, it's more subtle to check the time by pretending to check...
Chronographs
The complications that I want on all of my watches are a date & a second hand. I dislike any complication that makes setting a watch difficult, so this includes most calendars that require pushers to set. My favorite complication is a chronograph beca...
It depends on how many watches you already have
Hi Aden My personal preference is a Perpetual , or if one does not want to spend so much, an Annual Calendar . There is something nice about not having to find time in the morning of the 1st day of each month, to make sure the date is correct. I use a PP ...
favorite complication
In terms of pragmatism; probably a calendar, provided one does not have to keep re-setting, i.e it will have to be worn & wound daily. In terms of dreams: PP 3939 (MR) fnk
