Celebrating the romantic moon

Sep 13, 2019,00:24 AM
 

Those who read some earlier posts in this forum will already know that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, tonight, the moon is at the brightest and fullest of the entire year. For lack of something better to do this morning, I decided to examine my watches with moon phases this morning:



First on stage is the De Bethune DB 25 jewelry, set among the Geneva sky




Followed by the DB 28. How I love the spherical moons of the brand....




Next, the Patek contingent:

The 5059P




The 5270R




The 5270G, a close sibling




The 5712G





The 5496P




Followed by the Lange & Sohne members:

The Datograph Perpetual




The Langematic Perpetual





And last but not least - the 1815 Perpetual Calendar Rattrapante Handwerkskunst




With the celebrated moon goddess "Luna" at the back




Happy to report they are mostly accurate. Interestingly, the Chinese also have a moon goddess called "Sheung Ngor", who purportedly lives on the moon with a rabbit

The Festival is also a time when watch brands gives out moon cakes to their customers. They take this opportunity to outsmart each other in creativity and design, a la Basel and S.I.H.H. smile

The Panerai moon cakes are packaged in the form of a lantern, which is lit up with a gentle push of a button on top 






Lange & Sohne went a step further...




Nicely packaged moon cakes






After consumption, this is turned into a watch box with the addition of two cushions!




Unfortunately, the watches are not part of the package....   sad

Still, very, very thoughtful indeed.

I would like to wish everyone a joyous and happy Mid-Autumn Festival.

Cheers
Sam


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Happy Mid-Autumn festival

 
 By: Lankysudanese : September 13th, 2019-00:54
Thanks for the very informative and enjoyable post. How do you keep such a large collection on time? Do you wear a different watch every day, or do you wind them all at night?

Good guess. I wind my PCs and ACs every morning, if possible

 
 By: samwan : September 13th, 2019-01:14
(unless I play golf). This is the rare luxury of being retired Fortunately this is about 10% of my collection. I wind the others once every few months...

LOL [nt]

 
 By: samwan : September 13th, 2019-01:21

;) [nt]

 
 By: amanico : September 13th, 2019-01:22

I'm speechless...

 
 By: mrds : September 13th, 2019-01:10
...still grasping for air after seeing your moon collection! I absolutely love the De Bethunes, and this Lange Handwerkskunst is just stunning! Thanks for sharing these beauties with us my friend, and enjoy the moon tonight. Daniel

Thank you.

 
 By: samwan : September 13th, 2019-01:19
I must confess I might have missed out one or two (e.g. FPJ Octa Lune but I don't wind it regularly). It appears to be a clear sky tonight so we will enjoy the full moon...

Amazing collection of stunning watches my friend πŸ‘ŒπŸ»

 
 By: Watchonthewrists : September 13th, 2019-02:22
Thanks for sharing πŸ™πŸ»

Thanks my friend.

 
 By: samwan : September 13th, 2019-02:47
Apologies for the mug shorts done by a smartphone. Will take better ones next time...

I only use my smartphone πŸ˜‰

 
 By: Watchonthewrists : September 13th, 2019-04:02
Your collection is stunning . Those DB,s and ALS watches are def my fav πŸ‘ŒπŸ»πŸ˜˜

With my pathetic photography skills

 
 By: samwan : September 13th, 2019-04:16
Even the best equipment will be wasted

Enjoy the mooncake!

 
 By: Spangles - Dr. Tabby : September 13th, 2019-05:06
Thanks for sharing such a special collection!

Thanks. In fact too much moon cake is bad for health :)

 
 By: samwan : September 13th, 2019-06:06
especially the cholesterol aspect.... :P

Indeed, the day I lose the passion

 
 By: samwan : September 13th, 2019-06:09
will be the time to exit this horological journey. At the moment, I am still adding around 10 pieces a year

Such a journey, thank you for sharing

 
 By: colton_d : September 13th, 2019-06:50
Seeing a glimpse of your collection always becomes a highlight of my day when opportunity presents - the moonphase is a complication that adds so much to a watches appeal, and I share your sentiments in the beauty of presentation. Enjoy the harvest moon, ... 

I read somewhere that the next time we see such a full moon will be 2049

 
 By: samwan : September 13th, 2019-07:58
Thank you for the kind words about the collection. It still gives me tremendous pleasure when I lay out everything on the table

Belated δΈ­η§‹θŠ‚εΏ«δΉ!

 
 By: Fjan : September 13th, 2019-22:26
Nice collection! This is my take for the Mid Autumn Festival.. 🍻 James ...  

Fab!!!

 
 By: Bounce781 : September 15th, 2019-03:58
πŸ‘πŸ» great post

Thanks! [nt]

 
 By: samwan : September 16th, 2019-06:55