Villeret Date Moon Phases

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.