- Women's
- Astronomical indications
- Calendar
- Gem-set
- Classic
Villeret Date Moon Phases
Blancpain 2017
Villeret Quantième Phase de Lune square
Blancpain prepares to fly its female
admirers to the moon with this delightful watch that combines two of its
signature complications: the date display and moon phases. Carefully
proportioned to suit a slim wrist and circled with diamonds, this Date Moon
Phases model in white gold shows the moon at its most coquettish by placing a
tiny beauty spot at the corner of its mouth. In eighteenth-century Europe, a
lady would have done this to show she was in a flippant mood. And indeed,
Blancpain's moon has a playfully feminine face. Behind this lighthearted scene,
there are some serious mechanics at work in the form of an automatic movement
incorporating the latest innovations, such as a glucydur balance and silicon
balance spring. A model of precision that reveals finely executed finishing –
oscillating weight with a snailed bevelling, polished chamfers as well as straight and circular Côtes de
Genève – through its back.