The Mercator range, the Metier's D'arts (especially the Masques collection) are truely timeless, and original thinking when it comes to timepieces - it is when I see these, that I cannot complete discard VC as a true haute horology brand, even if I feel they haven't displayed much of this in the last few years.
And for such a 'double-retrograde' complication, it seems quite easy to tell the time on it.
Thanks for sharing - someone somewhere has a few of these sitting around, would be great to see a group shot of Mercators!