Horological Meandering

pics please... trying to get an idea of something to buy.. been wanting a moonphase for a while now.... i like the grande sun/moon by JLC in gold but... idk..

thank you..

And maybe the most precise MP of the industry :

(I think it's a pic from Paul Boutros but I'm not sure) :



But of course, it's hard to find one.

So, I would choose the Lange 1 Moonphase.

(pic by me this time) :



A stunning continuous moonphase...



Fr.Xavier

A nice watch but with a big problem for me : the crown is too small and it's a pain to wind it.

Fr.Xavier

This crown is small, but I think it is not a pain to wind, I find it a pleasure, just very difficult

& yes, the watch really is too big for me also.

Because a friend has one.

But I really think that the original one is easier to wind than the new one, maybe because the caliber is "smoother".

And of course, I much prefer the beauty of the first version...

Thanks Steve for your always gorgeous pics.

Fr.Xavier

expensive

FX is right, it is the most beautiful Moonphase watch in the world ............................................................................................. after the 1815 Moonphase in PT

Cheers
oliver

This one is absolute perfection......and one also gets the Sun (Moon)!

 

And GO makes quite a pair.......

The photos do not do justice to these beauties....

tempusfugit

I have been thinking about this IWC, but have not been able to see one in the real as yet.

De Bethune DB15.  This is a terrible phone of my actual watch:

Here are a few much better photos from the internet (not of my particular watch):

Two other moon phases in my collections:

I just sold this one:

Regards,

Craig

 

The DeBethune piece is stunning!!!
The best in their line imo...

Also, I've sent you a pm regarding the piece.

I must admit I considered that as well when our friend got it

One of the best looking perpetuals out there today and I love the movement. De Bethune finishing is also beyond reproach. The DB15 is so stunning I even forgive the bullet lugs.

- SJX

Riley,

I appreciate the beauty of some moonphase displays, such as the pictured AL&Ss and the VC Malte Chrono Perpetual, and  I understand how one might appreciate the inventiveness of the mechanisms by which they work.

May I ask whether this complication is also valued for the information it imparts?  If so, why one would be interested in knowing the phase of the moon?  The only ideas that occur to me are related to navigation at night or selecting the timing of night operations (e.g., to plan crimes or military operations).  Are there other rational uses of the function?

Park

 

the lunar calendar is used for important holidays and events.   For instance, the full moon that occurred in the past few days marked the 15th day of the seventh month of the Chinese lunar year and is called Ghost Festival in many places in China, Taiwan and Singapore.  It is an important day for people to pacify the hungry ghosts, the ghosts of strangers and the un-cared-for dead.  Kind of like Halloween or Day of the Dead.

The Lunar New Year celebrated in even more cultures such as Muslim, Korean, Vietnamese is usually on a new moon.  So just by glancing at your moonphase watch, you can quickly estimate how soon an important festival or holiday is coming up.

 

 

 

 

Allen,

Thank you for explaining this.  I suppose getting to the celebration on time or avoiding the part of town where it occurs qualify as rational uses of the function, however irrational the basis of the tradition.

Park

appreciate a lot

It is a moon phase but it also happens to have a grande et petie sonnerie and tourbillon.

- SJX

Tony

in order of appearance

 

DeBethune DBS

Breget 1178

 

GP 1945  QP

van der Klaauw

BP Villeret QP

Sincerely

. . . shown here on a custom white strap that Scott's ladyfriend Juliana wears daily. I'm partial the the blue dial and rose gold black dial versions myself . . . cordially, Art

it is just stunning...!!!! 

 

Andy.

this is accurate to the MINUTE. how Martin Braun managed to do this amazes me, but if you only want a moonphase function this must be the one to have. 

i actually quite like the idea of having Just a moonphase function without a triple date or perpetual. this library pic from the MB website is particularly nice with the meteorite dial as well as a recognisable moon. this is officially the biggest moonphase on any production watch.

Graham

The goofiness of the design failed to put me off - I just liked that big old moon in the middle.  Mike

And this watch is far too small nowadays, but again the moon is nice.

FInally, this one is magnificent but I have no idea at all about what it is showing ...

Simply gorgeous pictures .

Smashing pieces  by SJX  and Craig

Real eye opener

This message has been edited by VPREGULATOR on 2008-08-20 00:27:07

This one's for you, Art.

Double - moon and sun/moon (day/night)

This does tides too, or so they said.

Goldpfeil jumping hours moonphase by Vianney Halter

g

Kurt