The power reserve on a watch is the amount of energy it has stored. On mechanical watches their energy is stored in a spring, where it might last...
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Watch Types
This category has articles on the different types of watches and watch features available. See our article on types of watches to see an article summarising them, or scroll down for articles on the various watch types/features.
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Slide Rule Watches
Slide rule watches have a feature on the outside of their dials that can be used for multiplying/dividing numbers, converting between different u...
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Types of Watches
There are lots of different types of watches and they can be sorted/display time in many different ways. A watch type might refer to a certain wa...
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What is Dual Time on a Watch?
Dual time on a watch is where it displays a second time-zone, often using subdials with rotating hands. This can be done in several different way...
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What is a Pilot Watch?
A pilot watch is a type of watch that tends to have fairly simple designs that are easy to read and fairly durable/reliable. The general look of ...
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What is a Day Date Watch?
A day date watch is a type of watch complication that displays the day of the week and month on the watch dial. They come under the general categ...
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What is a World Time Watch?
A world time watch can refer to a few things; it may describe a watch that displays one or more additional time-zones, so include GMT watches for...
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What is a Perpetual Calendar Watch?
There are a number of calendar complications you might get on a watch, each displaying varying information and with varying support for the diffe...
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Types of Calendar Watch
For watches with calendar complications there are a number of different types ranging from displaying just the day of the month to the day of the...
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What is a Field Watch?
A field watch is a type of watch that tends to have simple functional designs that are easy to read, durable and reliable. The general look and f...
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