Namrata Kaku

Enamelling on watch dials started in the 17th century on pocket watch dials. In the mid twentieth century, the enamel dials were the most popular among the watch enthusiasts. From that time, the industrialisation of enamelling has been attempted but it has still not taken hold of the market.

The moonphase complication of a watch is the most beautiful and artistic function on any dial of a watch. The ability of timekeeping gives you the ability of telling current moonphase. The accuracy in certain moonphase complication watches is such that it doesn’t require manual adjustment for centuries.

The chronograph adds up a stopwatch function to a watch. To make such a wristwatch with accuracy, the work involved is gigantic.

The term "tourbillon" actually represents a planetary system rotating about its axis and with this representation it invoked the comparison between the motion of the components and the astronomical phenomenon.

PP is a seal of Patek Philippe is used to certify the watch, signifying the promise of ultimate quality and standard. This seal started being embossed on mechanical movements from March 2009.

The equation of time complication of a watch shows a normal time i.e. the mean solar time and also the true solar time.

Switzerland is the center of the watch industry as most of the elite watchmakers, watch production companies and their boutiques are located there. It is a heaven for horologists and watch experts. Well, it was not the case till the early nineteenth century.

The decorations done on the dial of the watch is splendid and one of the technique used in dial decorations is guilloché work. The guilloché work is an intricate decorative technique of straight, curved, or broken lines done in a repetitive pattern with a mechanical device.

The perpetual calendar complication of a watch gives you the ability to read the date of the year including the leap year

The increase of commercial air travel around the world, with people going from one time zone to another within a matter of few hours, created the need for the travel complication