And lastly, you purchased that Omega Speedmaster or that classic Datejust. It looks great on your wrist, but those extra dials are giving you a hard time. I mean the one which you are afraid to hit because you will definitely break your four-digit investment.
The additional dials are known as complications. Basically, the watchmakers have decided to pick up some French term for calling these complications that make it more complicated to measure time.
The chronograph is the most common one that you may find on a Rolex Daytona and TAG Heuer Carrera. It is basically a stopwatch in the watch itself used for timing your steak dinner or trying to do it. The pushers on the sides are used to start and stop the hands without changing the time on the clock.
Moonphase complication follows the lunar cycle and looks gorgeous on an IWC Portugieser. If you are neither a werewolf nor an astronaut, it has no practical purpose at all.
Power reserve indicator shows the amount of energy stored in the mainspring. This is basically like battery icon on your iPhone except that it is mechanical and costs an arm and a leg.
Tourbillon is the show-off move on your watch. It is basically a rotating balance wheel in the cage that tries to overcome the effect of gravity on the watch mechanism. And this feature costs a down payment on your house.
Go ahead and use them in your own special way.
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