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The Watch Encyclopedia
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Clear filtersComplications & displays
Mean solar time
Time based on an averaged solar day rather than the changing apparent motion of the Sun.
Complications & displaysMinute repeater
A striking mechanism sounding the hours, quarters and minutes on demand.
Complications & displaysMonopusher chronograph
A chronograph whose start, stop and reset operations are controlled by one pusher.
Complications & displaysMoon phase
A display representing the changing visible phase of the Moon.
Complications & displaysMoon-age display
An indication of the elapsed position within the lunar phase cycle, often expressed in days.
Complications & displaysMusical watch
A watch incorporating a mechanism capable of producing a musical sequence.