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    In horology, a complication is any feature of a timepiece beyond the display of hours, minutes and seconds. A timepiece indicating only hours, minutes...
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  • Nine Inch Nails from The Fragile "Complications", a 2008 song by deadmau5 from Random Album Title Complication (horology), a clock display other than the...
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    Chronometry (redirect from Horology)
    Chronometry or horology (lit. 'the study of time') is the science studying the measurement of time and timekeeping. Chronometry enables the establishment...
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    2000-4000 Euro.[citation needed] Automatic watch Seiko Spring Drive Complication (horology) Jewel bearing "Mechanical, Automatic, or Quartz: Understanding...
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    The Holy Trinity, also known as The Big Three, is the name given in horology to three of the biggest and oldest watchmakers in the world. The watch brands...
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  • from Antiquarian Horology (originally published in parts from September 1965 to June 1966). Manfred Fritz (1991) IWC Grande Complication, Edition Stemmle...
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  • famous watchmakers is a list of those who influenced the development of horology or gained status by their creations. The list is sorted by the lifetimes...
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    of rare metals such as gold, platinum, and palladium. In horological terms, a complication in a mechanical watch is a special feature that causes the...
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    The International Museum of Horology, French: Musée international d'horlogerie, is a horological museum in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. It is owned...
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  • mid-1890s to the production of grandes complications, or watches comprising at least three classic horological complications, such as a perpetual calendar, chronograph...
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  • The ultra-complicated pocket watch (having 24 complications) was the result of Graves' friendly horological competition with James Ward Packard. After Graves'...
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  • independent watchmaker. Smith was a Bronze Medallist of the British Horological Institute (awarded to the most outstanding graduating student of any...
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  • CONSTANTIN REF. 57260. THE MOST COMPLICATED WATCH EVER MADE IN THE HISTORY OF HOROLOGY". watchcollectinglifestyle.com. September 17, 2015. Archived from the original...
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  • Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe Repeater (horology), complication in a mechanical clock that repeats chimes of the hour Repeater...
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  • title of the most complicated mechanical watch ever made, with 57 horological complications. The business was founded in 1755 by Jean-Marc Vacheron, an independent...
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  • its first grand complication pocket watch in 1898 (no. 97.912); it had previously been believed the firm's first grand complication had been produced...
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  • 5960), Rolex (Sky Dweller), and Zenith (Captain Winsor). Perennial calendar Perpetual calendar Watches' Inner Life - Complications[permanent dead link]...
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  • Tourbillon (category Horology)
    In horology, a tourbillon (/tʊərˈbɪljən/; French: [tuʁbijɔ̃] "whirlwind") is an addition to the mechanics of a watch escapement to increase accuracy. Conceived...
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  • Competition held by the Le Locle Museum of Horology. Hand Made 1 was awarded the prize for best Men’s Complication Watch at the 2020 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie...
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  • namesake, Cecil Purnell, began his fascination with intricate mechanical horological mechanisms with the tourbillon of Abraham Louis Bréguet. His interest...
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  • d'Horlogerie de Genève, Horological Revelation Prize (Galet Square) 2018 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève, Men's Complication Watch Prize (Galet Annual...
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    launched its first watch, Horological Machine No.1 (HM1) in 2007. MB&F has since launched more than 10 atypical 'horological machines'. In 2011, the brand...
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    Wayback Machine. "Unbreakable Crystals" section of "A General History of Horology" Archived 27 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine. 2022. p. 486 Oren Hartov...
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    French and Swiss watchmaker who worked at the highest levels of complex horology from the mid 1970s onwards He was the creator of several notable timepieces...
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    John Turner (1993). Of Time and Measurement: Studies in the History of Horology and Fine Technology. Ashgate Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-86078-378-7...
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  • non-reflective glass of blue sapphire. It includes 834 parts and 16 horological complications, including tourbillon, minute repeater, moon phase, moon age and...
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    (2): 191–192. doi:10.1111/jmi.12993. PMID 33438230. Hall, A. R. (1978). "Horology and criticism: Robert Hooke". Studia Copernicana. 16. Ossolinskich: 261–81...
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    assets of the firm was bought by Peter Hofer - an expert involved in the horological business for years. Based on the leftovers of the old company, he and...
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  • (Vallée de Joux). The company specialized in the manufacture of horological complications, enabling Omega to obtain the timing of the 1932 Olympic Games...
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    Uhrenmuseum Beyer (category Horological museums in Switzerland)
    Switzerland, and is one of the world's leading private museums dedicated to horology. The museum is located on the lower level of Bahnhofstrasse 31, the main...
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