As I am posting this, a thought occurs to me. The range of Blancpain Tourbillons is really extraordinary. I haven't done a count of all of the different models, offering different complications alongside the tourbillon itself, but the number would be larg...
Thanks for the education about the numbers of weeks in the year. I was not aware of this semainier either (I am still a newbie, I guess). You mentioned that there were a bunch of other brands with the calendar week complication. So far, I am aware of this...
Marcelo, I believe it is a LE of 50 in yellow gold. I think it is the 1815 Kalenderwoche. I don't have a photo to share, but perhaps you can find one with a search. I would love to see photos of others. I think perhaps AP has made one, and perhaps some ot...
Suprising, because the Semainier is not a complication we often see, indeed. It is even strange, when you think 2 minutes about it, to conceive such a complication. For what purpose? I would answer " Why not? "!!! The Date, the Day, the Month, ...Why not ...
e.g. to fix delivery dates: "Machine to be shipped week 53" - "Wow, err, that doesn't work as we are closed between Christmas and New Year!" ... Cheers, Magnus
I did a consulting service for Unilever and worked six months for ArcelorMittal – both use the business week system. In my opinion this superb Blancpain tourbillon is the ultimate dress watch for a corporate senior manager Marcelo
I often use a similar system...I now want a watch featuring Julian Days, then everyone can understand... In all seriousness, the JD system is often used in serial production.
which is quite interesting. Quote from Wikipedia : The ISO week-numbering year starts at the first day (Monday) of week 01 and ends at the Sunday before the new ISO year (hence without overlap or gap). It consists of 52 or 53 full weeks. The ISO week-numb...