What is a perpetual calendar on a watch?
The most sophisticated and complicated calendar type, the perpetual calendar will automatically track the day, date, month and other information for the wearer until the year 2100, taking into account leap years. Kinetic Perpetual. Kinetic Perpetual combines the beauty of a classic mechanical perpetual calendar, correct until February 28, 2100, with the advantages of Kinetic – powered by the movement of your body – perpetual quartz accuracy, and up to 4 years autonomy when not worn.Sometimes referred to in French as the Quantieme Perpetuel, a perpetual calendar watch is a mechanical timepiece that tracks a wealth of calendar information and properly displays it. That information typically includes the day of the week, date of the month, leap years, and moon phases.
What happens to perpetual calendar watches after 2100?
Perpetual calendars are designed to be just that – perpetual. However, perpetual calendar complications will only run accurately until the year 2100 when the leap year will be skipped, meaning the watch date will no longer be correct. Kinetic Perpetual combines the beauty of a classic mechanical perpetual calendar, correct until February 28, 2100, with the advantages of Kinetic – powered by the movement of your body – perpetual quartz accuracy, and up to 4 years autonomy when not worn.