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Who Actually Uses Wristwatch Complications?

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Originally Posted by merkur
Is a minute repeater meant for blind people?
Blind (wealthy) people had their own watches--montres a tact.
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Repeaters were, I believe, for wealthy people who wanted to know the time at night, before electricity. Before that, there were so-called clockwatches, which automatically chimed the time in passing, a function called sonnerie.
 

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Originally Posted by merkur
I thought that tourbillons were redundant in wristwatches because wrists move in all directions as opposed to pocketwatches which tend to rest in the same position. What about an Equation of Time?
Beyond the tourbillon, which everybody likes to bandy about as some end-be-all, is the interesting Bonniksen Karrusel, which allegedly is more accurate due to its design.
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