Taipu vs The Escapement

Taipu is a fast, focused type-matchup checker for iPhone and Apple Watch. Choose one or two Pokémon types and instantly see how attacking types perform against that defensive matchup. MATCHUPS FOR MULTIPLE ERAS Switch between rules for: - Generation 1 - Generations 2–5 - Generation 6 and later - Pokémon GO BUILT FOR QUICK CHECKS On iPhone, choose types with scrolling wheels or menus. Results pair plain-language labels with exact values, such as Weak (2×), Resists (½×), and Immune (0×). MAKE IT YOURS Choose from eight type-icon styles and four ball-inspired color themes. APPLE WATCH Use Taipu independently on Apple Watch for fast checks from your wrist. A simple complication gives you quick access from your watch face. OPTIONAL TIP JAR If Taipu is useful, you can leave a tip. Tips are always optional and never change app features, themes, or results. Taipu works 100% offline (except when processing optional tips). --- Taipu is an unofficial fan utility and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Nintendo, Creatures Inc., GAME FREAK inc., The Pokémon Company, Niantic, or their licensors. Pokémon content and materials are trademarks and copyrights of Nintendo, Creatures Inc., GAME FREAK inc., The Pokémon Company, and/or their licensors. All rights reserved. Any usage of trademarked or copyrighted materials in this app is fair use and is not intended to infringe on any rights.

Hold a mechanical watch movement on your wrist. The Escapement renders a complete mechanical watch movement in real time on your Apple Watch — not a looping video, but a living mechanism computed frame by frame. The mainspring barrel drives the going train, the escapement beats, the balance wheel swings back and forth, and the hairspring breathes, all in the elegant 3/4 view a watchmaker sees through a loupe. There's no goal. No score. Just the quiet, hypnotic motion of a machine built to measure time. **A real movement, not a texture** Every wheel turns at the correct ratio, derived from real tooth counts — barrel to centre to third to fourth to escape wheel. The teeth are cut to cycloidal profiles, the way horological gears actually are, and the whole train steps forward beat by beat, gated by the escapement. **The escapement, up close** The heart of any mechanical watch. Watch the escape wheel lock, drop, and deliver its impulse to the pallet fork, which rocks the balance wheel to and fro. Slow time down with the Digital Crown and you can follow the lock-drop-impulse cycle that a real escapement performs several times every second. **Scrub through time** Rotate the Digital Crown to change the pace of time — from a tenth of real speed for meditative slow motion, up to a rapid fast-forward. A red lacquered seconds hand sweeps into view whenever you adjust the Crown, then quietly fades away. **Double-tap to reset** Double-tap the screen to snap the pace back to real time (1×). The seconds hand appears from twelve o'clock and sweeps for a few seconds before fading out again. **Finished like the real thing** Gilt and silvered wheels carry a fine hairline (brushed) grain; a dark-metallic, fan-cut third wheel and a red escape wheel sit among jeweled bearings and slotted screws at every pivot. HDR bloom lets the jewels and metal glints catch the light. **Depth on your wrist** Tilt your wrist and the movement shifts with a subtle parallax, giving the stacked wheels genuine three-dimensional depth. **No distractions, ever** · No notifications. No ads. No account. · Runs entirely on-device — offline, always. · Subtle tick-tock haptics as the movement beats. Please note: The Escapement is a live 3D simulation that runs continuously while open, so it uses more battery than a static watch face. For the best battery life, close the app when you're done watching. A pocket-sized window onto the craft of watchmaking. Open it, and watch time move.