Catchy Additional Features

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Guys, what you are about to read is written by Larry Wee from Business Times!

FOR some people, a simple three-hand watch just doesn't offer quite enough features to fool around with.That's where the simpler complications come in, giving us a little bit more of the fiddly fun factor.

Take, for example, Patek Philippe's full calendar 5396, which is now made available to us in white gold as well as rose gold.

For a more affordable alternative boasting all the same information - and see-through discs for day and month to boot - check out the chocolate hues of this stainless steel version of a full calendar watch from Louis Erard's new 1931 collection.

Auto, see-through case-back, a generous 40mm case: In short, the perfect starter watch if you are not quite ready to make the mental leap into serious five-figure territory.

Breguet used to make this signature model in very small cases, but have now updated it to a more contemporary 39mm size. They still offer it only in yellow or white gold, but not pink gold.

The Classique 7137 recalls the brand's famous Number 5 watch delivered to a French count by the great master Abraham-Louis Breguet in the late 18th century. This year's auto version features a new 31-leaf sunburst pattern at 6 o'clock, each pointing to one day of the month.

If you want to throw in chrono functions as well, there's always Zenith's Grande Class Moonphase in practical stainless steel, which boasts the brand's signature high-speed (36,000 vph) El Primero movement.

When what really floats your boat is a seriously big chunk of gold at today's lofty prices, you should take a closer look at this black dial version of Rolex's Classic Daytona chrono housed in rose gold.

It's a colour the brand christens Everose, with the promise that it won't tarnish the way less well-made versions of this warmer gold colour can do over time.

If a jumping hour watch is missing from your growing watch collection, you might want to consider this Franck Muller number in the brand's signature cintree curvex case. We must say this looks quite nice with the date and moonphase subdial at 6 o'clock.

And should you be getting forgetful with age, the concentric railway tracks on this 42.5mm Oris Artelier alarm watch serve the dual purposes of marking the passing of the hours (outer) and setting the alarm time (inner). The latter is done with the aid of an extra crown and a red-tipped inner hand. A simple stainless steel and black croco combo - refreshingly neat!

As a 150th anniversary special, Vulcain introduces, for the first time ever, a new auto movement for their Cricket alarm watch named the Calibre V-18 . The stainless steel version we showcase here is available in a choice of silver, black or copper for its semi-open worked dial, but there's a more expensive rose gold variant as well.

Cheers!

[Shundi]

Cool complications!