Escapement: Watch Time Sync
Accurate clock, minute signal
Free · Designed for iPad
A reference clock for setting a mechanical watch. A sweeping seconds hand, a signal on the minute and tonight's moonphase. Free, with no account and no tracking.
Escapement is a reference clock for setting a mechanical watch precisely.
A full seconds hand sweeps a clean dial. Hack your watch, wait for the minute, push the crown back in.
A SIGNAL ON THE MINUTE
Watching the screen while you hold a crown is awkward. Turn on the minute signal and Escapement ticks through the last five seconds, then marks the exact minute with a distinct cue, as a haptic pulse or a soft tone. You can look at the watch instead of the phone.
THE SCREEN STAYS AWAKE
No dimming halfway through a sync. While the clock is open the display stays on.
MOONPHASE
A photoreal moon rendered from NASA elevation and albedo maps, showing tonight's phase with real terminator shadows. It gives you an accurate disc to set a moonphase complication against, and tells you when not to touch the corrector.
ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN AND IN STANDBY
A widget for the Lock Screen and StandBy with the time, the date and the current phase.
HOW TO SYNC
Step-by-step guidance for setting the moonphase disc, hacking the seconds, choosing the moment and verifying the result afterwards.
PRIVACY
There is no account and no analytics, and the app makes no network requests. Escapement reads your device clock, which iOS already keeps synchronised, and computes the moonphase locally.
Free, with no ads and nothing to unlock.
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DISCLAIMER
Escapement is an independent app not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with any watch brand, manufacturer, or marketplace.
By downloading Escapement, you agree to Apple's Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://mainplate.jacopocaggiano.com/privacy.html
Ratings & Reviews
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The developer, Jacopo Caggiano, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Jacopo Caggiano
- Size
- 7.3 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 12 more
- English, Arabic, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Turkish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Jacopo Caggiano