Whimsical Moonphase
While the complication is certainly unnecessary in today’s time, I find moonphase watches stir up a different feeling than the rest of my collection. I was explaining it to some friends at dinner recently and they thought I was nuts and told me to “just l...
This design is so charming. For most people, why even have a watch?
They rather glance at their phone than their wrist. But not us
I agree that moonphases are mostly pointless for most of us, but they are beautiful…
…this one in particular! All the best, Jon
Stunning Lange!
I would say to them that it is a romantic and nostalgic complication that echoes the beauty of the past, the magic of the preset, and the hope and mystery of the future. To see a finely crafted complication as a moonphase on a timepiece is beauty come ali...
Thank you!
I always find it sometimes frustrating to articulate why a watch is so special when asked by a horology layman.
Ridiculous friends!
If you wanted to look up you wouldn't have put something so entrancingly beautiful down on your wrist!
Whenever someone says that mechanical watches and complications are: obsolete/redundant/useless etc., they either haven't thought about why they endure, or are unable to. To whit...
1. Analog technologies continue to be popular the deeper we travel into digital integration. It explains the continued fascination for - and emotional attachment to - physical objects. They deliver beauty, intrigue and old-school ingenuity. They carry in ...