Watch Complications
Opinions are divided when it come to defining what makes a watch complication. The usual definition is that any indication beyond hours, minutes and seconds is a complication. However, automatic winding mechanisms or devices for cancelling out rate disparities in vertical positions, such as the tourbillon and the carrousel, should also be included, even though they don’t display an indication. This section contains information on the practicality, workings and technical challenges of Blancpain’s watch complications.
This grand complication is a premiere in the history of watchmaking, combining a one-minute flying carrousel and a minute repeater with cathedral chimes.
Designed to counteract the perturbations induced by gravity on the accuracy of watches, the carrousel is a rare and fascinating complication. Blancpain has revived this device and incorporated it into a wristwatch for the first time.
A natural combination of complications associating the tourbillon with the eminently practical character of the perpetual calendar.
The complication that counteracts the effects of gravity to improve the accuracy of watches. An opening in the dial allows you to admire this mechanism as it rotates.
This very useful complication takes account of the number of days in the month. It is capable of recognising a 30-day month without manual intervention.
Perfectly adapted to the constraints of modern life, this useful complication indicates the week of the year.
A watch equipped with a chronograph can measure time intervals, for example a sporting performance.
This practical complication indicates the date, day of the weeks and the month. The changing face of the moon reproduced on the dial adds a poetic note.
A creation of traditional watchmaking adapted to the conditions of life on the move. This complication, designed for frequent travellers, displays two time zones on the same dial.
The flyback chronograph, which measures a succession of elapsed times, eliminates many superfluous repetitive operations.
A creation of traditional watchmaking adapted to the conditions of life on the move. This complication, designed for frequent travellers, displays two time zones on the same dial.
This most useful complication is the ideal companion for the globe-trotter. Incorporated in a wristwatch, practical when on a journey, it sounds at a preset time.
Elegant and practical, this complication displays the date in large figures appearing in two apertures.
A complex mechanism in this masterpiece of the watchmaker’s art makes it possible to tell the time by listening instead of looking.
The perpetual calendar watch has a mechanical memory programmed for times to come. It will show the correct date for a whole century without any manual correction.
A marriage of technical refinement and aesthetic purity, Blancpain’s ultra-slim watch is set apart by its elegance and the technical accomplishments needed to create it.
