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The charme of the perpetual calendar hit me too!
The perpetual calendar emphasizes the passage of time... has a "romantic" aspect that is not easy to find in the horological complications.
Apart from technical arguments, think of a machine that can mark the "time" (in all its multiple) in a so intimate way and for cycles of years fascinates me deeply!
massi
"A picture is worth . . .
By: Dr No : December 14th, 2013-10:07
. . . a thousand words." This image was provided by Glashütte Original's service department when they overhauled my first Karree perpetual some six years ago; it's a cal 39 movement, but the principle is the same. As the annually rotating disc approaches...
Our Consigliere . . .
By: Dr No : December 31st, 2013-14:37
. . . is right, as usual. :-) I posted an image of my rose gold Karree earlier this month . . . [cropped to highlight the year indicator] . . . and guess what it looks like today? Almost the same; tomorrow, the indicator will be pure black. The magic of p...