Release of version 2.0 on 20.3.04
1.7 Build 68 - 4.2.04
User definable shortcuts for frequently used calculations
New tutorial page for Customization
1.7 Build 67 - 18.1.04
Fullscreen mode for 3D-globe
Mundane checkbox replaced by a switch
Bug fix (Update check disabled in Win9x to avoid startup delays)
1.7 Build 66 - 10.1.04
Improvements on handling relocation charts
- Special relocation section on data input panel
- Lists of relocation charts can be stored and saved together with
the main chart
- Quickly browse through different relocations
What Watch now requires confirmation before discarding chart data
that has not yet been saved
Optional check for available program updates on startup
Bug fix ("Display current transits" button now works for progressions)
1.7 Build 65 - 21.12.03
Maintenance release: A couple of bugs and glitches
Improved Hi-Res textures and more cities on 3D-globe
Bug fix (Hour glass now appears while the 3D-globe is loading textures)
Bug fix (Ephemeris only calculations crash for planets faster than Mars)
Website now based on XHTML (tested with IE6, Mozilla 1.5 and Opera 7.23)
1.7 Build 64 - 13.11.03
Optional Hi-Res textures (with borders and main cities) for 3D-globe
"Go To" geographical coordinates in geography module
Bug fix (LMT birth times corrupted after relocation)
Bug fix (Program might crash on systems without MS Internet Explorer)
1.7 Build 63 - 28.10.03
Geography module based on a 3D-globe
- Interactively select Relocation charts
- Show where on earth a planet is on a house cusp
- Show planets on axes as in Astro*Carto*Graphy
New tutorial page for Relocation charts.
Bug fix (LMT not always correct)
1.6 Build 62 - 12.10.03
Enhanced possibilites to calculate Progressions
- Progressions can now be drawn in the chart wheel, allowing to work
with them as with any other transit
- Progressed Mercury, Venus and Mars now available in transit module
- Transits over progressed planets
Bug fix (Increased robustness when calculating progressions)
Bug fix (On certain occasions, Jupiter transits might crash)
1.6 Build 61 - 28.9.03
Group editing for Search and Analysis module. All actions can now be
performed on freely selectable groups of charts
Import of AAF files containing more than one horoscope
Date and Time input fields now use the local input format as defined
in Windows' regional settings
New input fields for geographical coordinates
Some maintenance fixes
1.6 Build 60 - 16.9.03
Analysis module: Show the distribution in elements, qualities, signs,
decanates, degrees or houses for any group of charts
Choice of house systems moved to preferences page
New tutorial page for Search and Analysis
Redesigned action panel
Bug fix (All Sagittarius positions not correctly saved for search)
1.5 Build 59 - 2.9.03
Planet speed may be indicated optionally
Support for Julian calender
Improvements on import of AAF files not generated by What Watch
(tested against the database of the German Federation of Astrologers)
New tutorial page for Solar Return and Persona charts
Redesigned preference page
Bug fix (DST birth times not correctly saved west of Greenwich)
1.5 Build 58 - 28.8.03
Maintenance release: A holiday's worth of bugs and glitches
Change in rounding routines: never round a position into the
next sign
Bug fix (Correct rounding in search results)
Bug fix (Right clicking on a transit list again uses local time
instead of UT)
Bug fix (Not all Saturn positions found in search)
1.5 Build 57 - 14.8.03
Search module:
- Show all horoscopes with a selected planet in a selected sign
- All saved horoscopes searchable
1.4 Build 56 - 9.8.03
Shortcut button and overview table for a person's current transits
Revised build numbers
1.4 Build 55 (29h) - 30.7.03
Entering and leaving orbs (transit ranges) shown on left click
in transit lists
1.4 Build 54 (29g) - 26.6.03
FAQ moved to tutorial pages
1.4 Build 53 (29f) - 24.6.03
Sign changes for Mars, Ceres and Jupiter added to transit lists
New tutorial page for lunations
1.4 Build 52 (29e) - 29.5.03
Bug fix (Transit enhancements not reliable on Win9x)
1.4 Build 51 (29d) - 25.5.03
Transit wheels now directly generated from within Transit Lists
1.4 Build 50 (29c) - 20.5.03
Sabian Symbols now available in Transit Lists
1.4 Build 49 (29b) - 13.5.03
Bug fix (Error reading birth times given in DST)
1.4 Build 48 (29a) - 10.5.03
Birth time given in LMT and irregular time zones now supported
1.4 Build 47 (29) - 7.5.03
Data handling improvements:
- Astrological Exchange Format AAF used
- Several data fields added
Sabian Symbols added
Transit lists adjusted for local timezone at birth, now giving exact times of transits.
Quincunx added to transit lists
Bug fix (Transits of slow planets might crash)
1.3 Build 46 (28e) - 31.3.03
Planetary cycles added
Bug fix (Transits over all planets might crash)
Minor bug fixes
1.3 Build 45 (28d) - 8.3.03
Maintenance release (Minor bug fixes)
1.3 Build 44 (28c) - 5.3.03
Bug fix (Moon transits crash on Win9x)
1.3 Build 43 (28b) - 1.3.03
Refinements for harmonic aspectarian: AC and MC now displayed,
but minor planets now hideable from all graphics.
1.3 Build 42 (28a) - 24.2.03
Both mean and osculating apogees now available for natal
charts. Transits limited to mean apogee (otherwise the
program would hang).
1.3 Build 41 (28) - 22.2.03
German version
Multilanguage support added
Lilith now defined as osculating apogee (not mean apogee)
Minor bug fixes
1.3 Build 40 (27a) - 5.2.03
Retrograde planets underlined in chart wheel and aspectarian
Bug fix (Transit list may be lost when synastry switched on)
1.3 Build 39 (27) - 2.2.03
Tutorial added
Minor bug fixes
1.2 Build 38 (26d) - 24.1.03
Bug fix (Midpoint on composite lost when synastry switched on)
Minor bug fixes
1.2 Build 37 (26c) - 23.1.03
"Natal only" checkbox replaced by two calculate buttons
Bug fix (Current midpoint may be lost when switching to synastry)
1.2 Build 36 (26b) - 21.1.03
Current midpoint shown in chart wheel and aspectarian
1.2 Build 35 (26a) - 20.1.03
Bug fix ("birthplanets" AC and MC now work for midpoints)
1.2 Build 34 (26) - 19.1.03
Support for synastry charts
Enhanced midpoint support for "natal only" calculations
Minor bug fix when calculating composites "natal only"
1.2 Build 33 (25c) - 14.1.03
Enhanced input verification: when numbers are required, only
numbers are accepted.
1.2 Build 32 (25b) - 13.1.03
Moon's phase now indicated on printouts and wheels
Bug fix (House positions of Wheel Two not correctly printed)
Minor bug fixes
1.2 Build 31 (25a) - 12.1.03
Bug fix (Retrograde planets not indicated on printouts and wheels)
1.2 Build 30 (25) - 11.1.03
Printing chart wheels
Input fields for time zone and birthplace
1.1 Build 29 (24) - 3.1.03
Support for harmonic aspectarian
Save dialog added to allow choosing different subdirectories
1.1 Build 28 (23a) - 30.12.02
Bug fixes (Save preferences does not work correctly in some cases,
unknown birth time is now 12 noon: not in GMT, but in local timezone)
1.1 Build 27 (23) - 23.12.02
Support for composite charts
Extended chart wheel support
Added Weighing of elements and qualities
Default location for "now" function now editable
Some bug fixes
1.0 Build 26 (22c) - 15.12.02
Bug fix (In certain cases the program might hang when calculating
a transit station that's not exact but one degree away = "near")
Added glyph for South Node
1.0 Build 25 (22b) - 9.12.02
Bug fix (In certain cases the program might hang when calculating
an almost exact transit station)
1.0 Build 24 (22a) - 8.12.02
Minor bug fix
1.0 Build 23 (22) - 4.12.02
Basic chart wheel support
Charts without exact birth time markable
Some bug fixes
1.0 Build 22 (21a) - 25.11.02
Minor bug fix
1.0 Build 21 - 24.11.02
First public release
1.0 - Summer 2002
Port to Delphi 6
0.9 - Summer 1999
Project started