cazalea[Seiko Moderator]
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Power Reserve Indicators
Apr 22, 2014,09:09 AM
The Sea Hawk report prompted this post. Notice its prominent power reserve scale with WIND and UP notices at either end? I did.
A small fraction of manual or automatic watches feature a power reserve indicator. These devices show the "state of the winding" so presumably the wearer can rewind his watch before it completely runs down. This is not a new development, clocks too have had these for many years.
Blue wound up fully; red run down.
I did a survey of my watches and looked at a few others - for such a simple device there certainly are a lot of variations! Starting with watches I have never owned, the closest in style to the Sea Hawk's display is the Chopard Mille Miglia version shown here (photo from Chopard)
I think it has too much information, while in contrast this Frank Muller 7-day watch has (in my opinion) too little information!
Not only are there information excesses and deficits, the displays vary so dramatically that one scarcely knows what they mean. The Nomos people like their display but I don't understand it nor do I like the asymmetry.
This Breguet has a large and randomly placed indication that dominates the dial.
And this BlancpaiN alarm is way too complicated (two power indicators).
I actually like this one, although it has a bit more writing than I normally prefer. (Shamelessly lifted from Marcus' recent report)
Well, enough analysis of "the other guys", here are a few from watches that are (or were) mine own:
FP Journe
What is your favorite style of power indication? Hours/Days? Up/Down? Graphic? None?
Cheers,