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HERMÈS Arceau L’Heure de la Lune

While most moonphase discs rotate, these remain stationar y innovative, patented system developed by master watchmak e Mojon, founder and co-owner of Chronode SA. The module c date disc and an hour/minute disc that travel around the larg e These discs hide or reveal the correct phases on the stationa r subdials. The time and date subdials remain in an upright po s the information is easily readable. The Southern hemisphere o’clock and features an engraving of the flying horse, Pegasu s hemisphere, with a lunar-surface likeness engraved on it, is a t $25,200 in 18K white gold, Hermès in New York, +1 212 751 H MOSER & CIE Endeavour Concept Minute Repeater Tour An absolutely beautiful watch, the Endeavour Concept Minu t grand example of H Moser & Cie’s high-horology prowess. C r edition of just 10 pieces, this watch is equipped with a 60-se c visible via a round aperture at 6 o’clock, and the hand-wound also boasts a minute repeater with hammers and gongs that a When the repeater is activated, the wearer is treated not onl y melody, but also to the mesmerizing movement of the hamm the time. Against a backdrop of pure black lacquer, the two a n metal hammers and the two-row metal gongs have a dramat i all numerals and markings, the dial features just hands, enabl complications to do all the talking. It is endowed with 90 hou $320,000 in 18K white gold, Cellini Jewelers in New York, + 1 h-moser.com A technical and aesthetic work of art, Arceau L’Heure de la Lu moonphases in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres

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