Complications—functions beyond the simple display of hours, minutes, and seconds—represent the absolute pinnacle of horological ambition. The chronograph is a symphony of start, stop, and reset, a complex dance of levers, column wheels, and clutches that allows for the precise measurement of elapsed time.
The perpetual calendar is a mind of its own; a mechanical brain programmed to understand the vagaries of the Gregorian calendar, knowing the length of every month and even accounting for leap years, often not requiring a manual correction until the year 2100. And then there is the minute repeater, the "Great Complication." At the slide of a lever, it transforms time into sound. A series of tiny hammers strike finely tuned gongs inside the case, chiming the hours, quarters, and minutes in a melody that is both a technical miracle and a poetic evocation of time's passage.
Dates 2026
Les membres du PCM se retrouvent tous les 3ème mardi du mois pour une soirée mensuelle.
Salle du Pavillon des Oeuches, Rue des Oeuches 61 (derrière la place de sport par le chemin du Coteau). Dès 19h00, projection à 19h30.
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