Watch Porn: Blancpain Marks Year Of The Tiger With New ‘Traditional Chinese Calendar’

Blancpain’s latest Chinese New Year timepiece marks the transition to the year of the tiger. The 2022 Traditional Chinese Calendar watch combines elements of Gregorian and lunisolar calendars on a white enamel dial inside a 45-mm platinum case. Applied Roman numerals indicate the hours, while Arabic numerals on the periphery of the dial – indicated by a blued-steel hand – follow the Gregorian calendar. A small sub-dial at 12 o’clock denotes traditional Chinese ‘double hours’ in figures and symbols over a 24 cycle. With a yin and yang symbol in its center, the sub-dial at 3 o’clock signals the five elements (wood, fire, earth, metal, water) and the ten celestial stems over a cycle of ten years. A third sub-dial at 9 o’clock tracks the lunar months of the Chinese calendar with a blued-steel hand. The inscription on the periphery of this counter uses the longer blued-steel hand to indicate the lunar days – a small circular aperture in this counter turns red when the year has a 13th month. The moon phases are displayed in an aperture above 6 o’clock. Inside the case is the automatic 3638 movement with an impressive 168 hour power reserve. Turning it over, the sapphire crystal case-back reveals a white gold rotor engraved with the figure of a tiger and set with a pink cabochon-cut ruby along with the Côtes de Genève decoration and jewels. Available in a limited edition of 50 pieces.

Blancpain Villeret Traditional Chinese Calendar ($87,800.00), blancpain.com

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