blomman Mr Blue
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Great topic, Baron!
As you say, any smart phone may do any of the complications and more....
But......
A big part of the passion and charm would be lost if only use the phone....
If you compare with vintage watches, if a phone from the 1950's could do all - I would probably collect vintage phones as well...
To collect something that changes every three month and only difference is the software inside...
Na, where is the charm in that?
To collect vintage watches that before the computers was able to preform certain complications with such precision only using mechanics...
That is interesting.
New watches are interesting from a different perspective - design, technical development, etc ...
And again, the ability to create something complicated using mechanics in such a small space...
That is interesting!
To answer your question: complications, do I use them?
Some, not all. Like Date and Alarm I use. Chronograph, not so much...
But the knowledge of having a watch that has the ability on my wrist makes me happy!
You might say - if my watch can do it, I rather use my watch instead of my phone.
Best
Blomman
Complications - do you use them?
A good friend of mine who also happens to be a big collector of watches made an interesting remark to me recently. He said...no watch complication is really that useful. His point was that technology can do pretty much anything better than the (comparably...
Thank you Joe; a very interesting topic
I like all the complications. But in the end of the day what counts is the capability of showing the time and perhaps date. The rest is plain decoration. That said, while waiting my Patek Philippe 5711 to arrive, I ordered as the first thing this morning ...
Age vrs Complicatiuons
Fricks opened up the idea that one's desire for complications was inversely correlated to age. It was an interesting thought. Like you, I am warming more and more to purity and simplicity...I thought you described it really well by aliening it to looking ...
It's nearly criminal
to own Calatravas like yours. I would give away several complications if I could find one. Best, Kari
"Show them all". Do you know how your kindness is called?
Modern English waterboarding! Best, Kari
My cell phone can wake me up or give me the time...
I still prefer my JLC Memovoxes or UN Sonata.... This is a question of class... And of romantism, too. Electronics cannot compete with that. Vivent les montres! Best, Nicolas
When you think about it...some complications are very funny....
....think about having the year on your watch? "OOOhhh...what year are we in? Hang on, let me look at my watch. Ahhhh...2015" I'd like to meet the guy who uses the year function on a watch.
Beside the nostalgia and the admiration of mechanics
there are a few non-features of my wristwatches the iPhone cannot keep up with: - no need to upgrade the SW - no need to sync with iTunes or iCloud - the wife cannot track me - no annoying mails or messages with bad timing - I can't catch a virus - never ...
Suggestion for the app store ;-)
I'm trying without success to find out among the countless apps available for my iPhone (I imagine the same in all other platform) the one that make me feel the silkiness of the charging of a movement with manual winding or the limited gumminess typical o...
Wrong statement to me...
Hi Joe, It is a question commonly seen around the net concerning watches. It is more a question we ask because we think watches pricing is very high (especially when including complications). We can find many areas where it works that way but then we won'...
My 2 Cents
Joe: Interesting post. Take my opinion for what its worth as I have only ever worn Sea-Dwellers. However, I do have to say that I use my date complication daily (of course!) and I do use my Sea-Dweller for its intended purpose - to be a water proof timer....
To me it is about ....
what we as a society can acheive, but not in terms of elektronics only but engeneering as a whole. We can build Space shuttle, we can build the Eiffel tower, we can build the Confederation Bridge and we can build mechanical complicated watches that one ca...
Is accuracy a complication?
Well... being a Lange & Sohne Richard Lange fan I would say so!!! What that model stands for covers all my needs regarding complication Best, Rob. This message has been edited by peregrino on 2015-02-02 10:43:35
Complications ...
Baron, Nice topic. Made me wonder. I use, with a certain frequency: 1) The chronograph complication or the dive bezel to time ... pasta. 2) The running seconds (is this a real complication?) to check the watch accuracy. 3) Moon phase is cool, just cool bu...
I have tried to explain it also earlier:
Moon phase is a "bloody" useful complication. Just adjust it according to the monthly circle of your wife and when the full moon is approaching, it is time to run! I follow my moon phase very carefully... Best, Kari
Great topic, Baron!
As you say, any smart phone may do any of the complications and more.... But...... A big part of the passion and charm would be lost if only use the phone.... If you compare with vintage watches, if a phone from the 1950's could do all - I would probably ...
It does really depends on the complications.
Watches are miniature mechanical marvels, which is why so many of us are drawn to, or dream about. Some pieces are also an art, imho. It is a traditional thing, and is something we can pass down to the next generation as a gift...try that with a cellphone...
Good comments Raymond......
......I am not saying this is true across the board at all, but I also think that excess complication can also look a little bit "try-hard". The purity and simplicity of a time only watch will always have a big place for me in my collection. Thanks for yo...
