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A very good article, well explained, and I appreciate the photos of fine watches. As shown, date complications are very tough to calculate and there are many l
by beckerdo 2y ago
A very good article, well explained, and I appreciate the photos of fine watches.
As shown, date complications are very tough to calculate and there are many levels of features.
However, the phases of the moon complication is not discussed in much depth here. Is it a simple calculation independent of the date?
- blacksmith_tb 2y agoNot a watchmaker, but I would expect those complications to just use average values to show the current lunation[1]. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_phase#Calculating_phase https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_phase#Calculating_phase
- int08h 2y agoThe average duration between any two moon phases is 29.530589 days. Many watches use 29.5 days between phases for simplicity. This results in the watch's moon phase display being off by one day for every two years the watch operates. There are a few watch manufacturers that use epicyclic gear trains to make the moon phase calculation more precise. An example: the Ochs und Junior moon phase watch will operate for 3,478.27 years before its moon phase display is off by one day (https://www.ochsundjunior.swiss/watches/moon-phase/ https://www.ochsundjunior.swiss/watches/moon-phase/).