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Nice watch, I like the implementation of the moonphase...

Mar 13, 2007,04:33 AM
 

although it is not that precise. It has the same precision as a standard 59-toothed wheel, isn't it? Do you have more information about the mechanism, the black hand needs to swing back and forth while completing the 29.5 day rotation, right?

I am not a big fan of the running EOT, because for most people it is actually less practical than the usual crescent shaped indicator (this is purely an intellectual issue I guess, since there is nothing really usefull about a EOT...smile). The sun hand will only indicate true solar time if the person wearing it is located on a standard meridian (assuming the watches are not specifically made for a certain longitude). If you do not live on a standard meridian the hand (in combination of the minute hand) only indicates EOT, only it's harder to read than from a standard crescent shaped indicator. Hence, the more complicated running indicator is less practical than an ordinary indicator and that just doesn't feel right....for me of course...

Regards,
Joram


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The Janvier Classique Lune et Soleil by Vianney Halter

 
 By: alex : March 13th, 2007-00:55
To mark the end of production of the original model Classic, scheduled for late 2007, Vianney Halter is launching a 12 piece model in platinum. Called the Classic Lune et Soleil, Halter conceived this timepiece to pay homage to a man who has been a huge i...  

Nice watch, I like the implementation of the moonphase...

 
 By: JGV : March 13th, 2007-04:33
although it is not that precise. It has the same precision as a standard 59-toothed wheel, isn't it? Do you have more information about the mechanism, the black hand needs to swing back and forth while completing the 29.5 day rotation, right? I am not a b... 

I think there might be a small mistake in the press text, regarding the solar time ...

 
 By: Marcus Hanke : March 14th, 2007-01:45
If the sun hand is set to the solar time, the difference between the regular time display and the sun hand is by no means the equation of time. The regular hour and minute hands indicate the so-called civil time, as legally introduced in a specific countr... 

Ah, so if I understand you correctly you assume...

 
 By: JGV : March 14th, 2007-02:17
the owner of the watch can set the solar hand himself. If the owner sets the true solar time correctly for a certain longitude, and the watch 'knows' the EOT, the watch will indicate the true solar time correctly just as long as the owner stays on the lon... 

This would be the only way making sense to me -nt

 
 By: Marcus Hanke : March 14th, 2007-08:51