Complications, one by one
A chapter per complication, from the everyday chronograph to the minute repeater — each starting with how it works.
- Films
- 15
- Running time
- 4 h 05 min
- Chapters
- 5
- Channels
- 12
01
The chronograph
Column wheels, clutches and flybacks
3:51
51:52
8:12
02
The perpetual calendar
A calendar that knows the leap years
14:34
56:36
20:32
03
The tourbillon
The turning cage, and the argument about it
8:35
4:33
22:54
04
The minute repeater
Watches that strike the time
10:01
8:23
5:37
05
The moonphase
The moon on the wrist
4:48
19:33
4:44
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