LivingWatch 4+
A chiming watch on your phone
Chronologic
Designed for iPad
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- Free
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Description
Imagine a repeater (or chiming) watch on your phone. Now imagine being able to actuate this ‘complication’ in real time. Not everyone can own a watch of this complexity but for the first time anyone can enjoy the sound and magic of this mechanical art. Make no mistake, this is not CGI. This is the real thing!!
The first timepiece is a quarter repeater which, when actuated, strikes the number of hours and then the number of quarter hours since the last hour. The mechanism uses 2 chimes of different tones. The low tone signals the hours, and the high tone the quarter hours. The chimes are created by two hammers which strike gongs.
Both sides of the watch are visible (by selecting ‘dial side’ or ‘mechanism’). Again, the real time is always indicated.
More timepieces will be added as the app develops.
Ratings and Reviews
Suggestion
I liked the front and back views of the watch. It would be excellent if you could superimpose both images with a slider, so you adjust how much watch face you can see on top of the inner mechanism view.
It would also be nice to be able to use the iPhone sounds or ringtones for the hourly or quarter hourly chimes.
Interesting, if simple
An interesting app with a lot of promise. I imagine future versions will include pictures of different repeating watches, perhaps a minute repeater, or decimal repeater. Currently, the movement side of the app shows a ticking watch, and when the “slide“ is activated, the app shows hammers and gongs. The video of the repeating watch is slightly brighter than the video of the ticking watch, which can be fixed.
Excellent for v1
Finally I can afford one of these. Eagerly awaiting future evolutions, especially a minute option. Would love to see a way to have this serve as a Lock Screen and offer different dial variations. The numerals on the minute track need a bit of work.
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Information
- Seller
- McGonigle Sarl
- Size
- 129 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2022 McGonigle
- Price
- Free