[offsky]

I became interested in complicated watches several years ago and knew I could never afford one, so I made a website with simulated watch dials. Just for fun and education. It was also a great way for me to learn svg animations. https://www.complication.watch/

[eddyg]

Nice!

I loved the Emerald Chronometer⁽¹⁾app for iOS / iPadOS and all its various “calibres” that you could flip over and show in day or night mode. Sadly the dev has removed the apps from the App Store, but it still runs (for now.) It’s a fun use for an older iPad on a stand.

Wanted to mention it in case it gives you some inspiration. :)

⁽¹⁾https://emeraldsequoia.com/h/

[mwexler]

Emerald Time (https://emeraldsequoia.com/et/index.html) was my favorite clock-setting app. Always fun to see the variation among sources. I was sad to see the company shut down.

[ttepasse]

Back on New Years Eve 2016 I wanted to see once in my life one of these leap second which got inserted every few years. Emerald Time was the only clock app I found which displayed the deciseconds: https://imgur.com/a/r1d6OkW

(00:59, because of UTC+1)

[ngcc_hk]

If maintenance is an issue and do not want subscription, why not try open source and patron …

[netsharc]

The next step up from this would be to simulate all the internal mechanisms as 3D models that interact with each other...

[rpozarickij]

For those interested, the following article is a really cool explanation/visualization of the mechanical watch: https://ciechanow.ski/mechanical-watch/

(The website contains so much more than this)

[primax]

There is a giant world of high end replica watches that are so close to the original that they take expert mechanics to tell apart. I've got a few $500 watches that are identical to $10-40k watches.

Worth checking out reptime to scratch that itch without selling a kidney.