The best 2024 complication watches. 15 of the top complicated watches of 2024. The best Horological Complications launched this year.
As always, the watches are listed alphabetically, not ranked by preference.
A. Lange & Söhne Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon Honeygold Lumen
This timepiece blends the intricate features of a flyback chronograph, a precise jumping minute counter, a perpetual calendar, and a tourbillon with a stop-seconds mechanism. Setting this edition apart is its exclusive use of Lange's proprietary honey gold and the 'Lumen' dial.
Armin Strom Dual Time GMT Resonance
Featuring two independent movements, this timepiece displays two time zones synchronized through the natural phenomenon of resonance. As a result, two independent and symmetrically mirrored oscillators operate in harmony, connected by the pulsation of the clutch spring transmitting vibrations.
Bovet Récital 28 Prowess 1
Unlike traditional world time watches, this model features an innovative roller system, allowing travelers to adjust the timepiece to any of the 24 global time zones. In addition, the timepiece boasts a flying tourbillon, a perpetual calendar with roller-based indications, and a 10-day power reserve from a single barrel.
Christiaan van der Klaauw CVDK Grand Planetarium Eccentric Manufacture
The Dutch brand specializing in the creation of astronomical watches, unveiled the only mechanical planetarium watch in the world that displays all eight planets, showing in real time the eccentric orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune around the Sun.
Cyrus Etheral Twin Orbital Tourbillon
The result of more than six years of work under the direction of the talented master watchmaker Jean-François Mojon, this model features an astonishing 3D moving dial. As the hours pass, the jumping hours, the minute indication and the two flying tourbillons change position, ensuring the time remains perfectly readable in a horizontal orientation.
De Bethune DB Kind of Grande Complication
The DB Kind of Grande Complication brings together an impressive array of features, including a perpetual calendar, spherical moon-phase indication, retrograde age of the Moon, leap year display, jumping seconds, power reserve, and an ultra-light tourbillon-distributed across a dual display, made possible by its reversible, double-sided case.
Franck Muller Long Island Evolution Master Jumper
This timepiece distinguishes itself with an innovative triple-jumping complication, offering a distinctive approach to displaying time. Hours, minutes, and date are showcased through an intricate mechanism of jumping discs, ensuring instant readability and a forward-thinking aesthetic.
Frederique Constant Classic Worldtimer Manufacture
A worldtimer watch displays the time in multiple cities across the globe, typically 24 time zones, making it perfect for frequent travellers or professionals dealing with global interactions. Additionally, they often offer a captivating look. This is certainly true of this Frederique Constant worldtimer model.
Glashütte Original PanoLunarInverse
With this sophisticated timepiece, Glashütte Original brings two enchanting representations of the passage of time on the dial side. In the top left, a miniature starry sky sets the stage for the moon phase display, while in the bottom right, the inverse design of the movement reveals the balance. The signature Panorama Date completes the ensemble.
Greubel Forsey Nano Foudroyante EWT
In this model, the mechanism’s energy is managed at the nanojoule scale, significantly reducing the number of components and the overall dimensions. Housed in a 37.90 mm white gold case, the smallest ever designed by Greubel Forsey, the Nano Foudroyante EWT combines this invention with a flying tourbillon and a flyback chronograph.
Hublot MP-10 Tourbillon Weight Energy System
Discarding conventional elements such as a dial, hands, and an oscillating weight, this timepiece embraces a roller display, circular power reserve, and an inclined tourbillon driven by two linear weights.
IWC Portugieser Eternal Calendar
This cutting-edge timepiece, the brand's first secular perpetual calendar, not only accounts for month lengths and adds a leap day every four years but also handles the Gregorian calendar’s complex leap-year exception rules. A specially engineered 400-year gear ensures that the calendar automatically skips three leap years over four centuries.
Jaeger-LeCoultre Duometre Heliotourbillon Perpetual
This exclusive 20-piece limited edition features an entirely new tourbillon construction: one that spins on three axes to create a spinning top effect. The innovative tourbillon is combined with a perpetual calendar featuring a grande date indication.
Patek Philippe Cubitus Instantaneous Grand Date, Day and Moon Phases Ref. 5822P-001
Featuring a blue sunburst dial with large date, moon phase, and day of the week, this platinum wristwatch is powered by the new self-winding caliber 240 PS CI J LU movement, filing six patents for innovations like energy distribution for the displays and their simultaneous jump in 18 milliseconds.
Richard Mille RM 032 Ultimate Edition
Water resistant to 30 bar, this highly technical model has been designed with a focus on security and readability and includes a comprehensive set of features: hours, minutes, seconds, a 12-hour totaliser, flyback chronograph functions, and an annual calendar with an oversize date and a month indicator.
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