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Originally Posted by gekko
Since this is the official watch thread, I was wondering... what do those 3 extra timers do on watches? Never could figure it out and trying to look it up just resulted in "You're an idiot and if you could afford such luxury you would know." It's like thanks, I'm obviously reading your "Intro to watches" article and you confirm I'm not an expert. Thanks... ass.
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When you say "timers" are you referring to additional watch dials?
If you are, then typically, the 3 dials inside a watch are for a chronograph.
In the above picture, the top dial measures fractions of a second, the middle-left dial measures seconds, and the bottom dial measures minutes.
A chronograph is literally the analog equivalent to a digital stopwatch. Quartz chronographs are cheap, but the mechanical ones that don't rely on a battery are very pricey.
I have also seen the inner dials used for dates, hours, days of the week, moon phase, and all sorts of things. But, I think traditionally, it was for the chronograph.