Long Weekend

It has been a very long weekend for me and unfortunately I have been unable to blow very much. I am pretty exhausted from this weekend but I will make sure to get back to writing next week. There were some requests for some square watches to be posted and there are a bunch of routes I can go there with your Panerais and Vacherons but we'll see.

As of now, I am going to bed because I feel like the disney fellow in the picture below. Quite a haggard old chap isn't he?

Blancpain Villeret Moonphase: Another Watchman Favorite

I greatly apologize for the lack of activity on my blog but I am current at the lake having some fun :)

I am going to follow up my previous article about the Breguet moonphase with another one of my favorites: the Blancpain Moonphase. For those who are unfamiliar with the brand, it is a very well known swiss manufacturer who is probably most well known for its 50 fathoms sport watch. The Villeret is one of Blancpain's dress lines.

The Villeret Moonphase is an annual calendar with a moonphase. The price is extremely affordable considering full 18k annual moonphases by a company like Patek Philippe start at around $60,000. Blancpain does offer this watch in stainless steel with an MSRP of $11,000 but in my opinion, this puts a dent in the companies image by offering it in stainless steel (pictures below).

As you can see above, the dial is a bit more busy than most dress watches but it is still extremely clean. The dial has a very unconventional layout with roman numeral markers along the outside and the date listed in a 360 degree circle along the edge. Just like the Breguet I blogged about before, the moonphase has a beautifully designed complication with the face on the moon (amazing in my opinion) with markers for the 29.5 day lunar calendar above it. The annual calendar function is listen right above the mid point in the 12 o clock position showing the date and month. All of this is housed in a case with a transparent back containing Blancpain's 6763 movement with a 100 hour power reserve. You can observe the movement below, which is a predecessor of the current 6763 movement but the movement is essentially the same.

The special edition 18k version is a whole heck of a lot cooler in my opinion. The model for the original one is the same design with a 18k case, but  the special edition "Half-Hunter" Villeret Moonphase was released that has a out swinging 18k movement cover, blued date indicator hand and goulliching on the dial. Stunning to say the least.

I hope you guys have a great weekend but I am signing out to go spent some time out on the lake. See you folks later.