Year in and year out, timepiece enthusiasts never fail to keep up with the watch industry to stay abreast of what’s in and what’s new. Along with a slew of novelties shown during SIHH and Baselworld, top brands often compete to earn the distinction of having, say, the thinnest or the most complicated pieces. A layman, understandably, could easily find himself lost in translation as the whole business rarely seems to bring about anything new.
Like any métier out there, horology is constantly reinventing itself and pushing the limits. It never rests on its laurels, so to speak. Yes, wristwatches have been around for over a century. Yes, common complications like chronographs or even minute repeaters were invented even way before that. Calendar complications, however, are surprisingly not that old,…
