{"id":26103,"date":"2017-11-27T07:00:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T05:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com?p=26103"},"modified":"2018-02-27T17:14:04","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T15:14:04","slug":"selection-moon-phases-complications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/nouveaute-en-n-en\/editors-picks\/selection-moon-phases-complications.html","title":{"rendered":"S\u00e9lection : Moon phases"},"content":{"rendered":"

Often featured in ladies\u2019 watches, the moon-phase complication reproduces the lunar cycle in a miniature version. It generally appears as a disk or aperture. This function serves to keep track of full moons, new moons as well as when the moon is waxing or waning. A fascinating complication that gives a good reason for having your head in the stars !<\/p>\n

\"GMT_n54_FR_ipad-127\"<\/a>A. LANGE & S\u00d6HNE<\/h2>\n

Little Lange 1 Moon Phase<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The guilloch\u00e9 silvered gold dial of this model is swept over by hours and minutes hands and enlivened by a power-reserve indicator, a large date with jumping numerals and an astronomical complication composed of two golden moons.<\/p>\n

CHF 39’300.-

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\"GMT_n54_FR_ipad-129\"<\/a>BREGUET<\/h2>\n

Classique Phase de Lune Dame 9088<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

While the hours and minutes are indicated by open-tipped hands, the small seconds hand at 6 o\u2019clock turns around the moon-phase aperture bearing a smiling moon.<\/p>\n

CHF 28’000.-

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\"GMT_n54_FR_ipad-128\"<\/a>GIRARD-PERREGAUX<\/h2>\n

Cat’s Eye Celestial<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Directly connected to the barrel, this extremely precise moon-phase complication immediately draws the gaze to the appealing motherof- pearl and aventurine dial center that lends a supremely elegant touch to this watch displaying the hours and minutes.<\/p>\n

CHF 44’800.-

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\"GMT_n54_FR_ipad-130\"<\/a>ZENITH<\/h2>\n

Elite Lady Moonphase<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This creation with its turquoise lacquered dial features leaf-type hour and minute hands, small seconds at 9 o\u2019clock, along with a moon-phase complication at 6 o\u2019clock composed of a star-studded midnight blue disk.<\/p>\n

CHF 7’400.-

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\"GMT_n54_FR_ipad-131\"<\/a>PARMIGIANI FLEURIER<\/h2>\n

Tonda M\u00e9tropolitaine S\u00e9l\u00e8ne Galaxy<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This entirely hand-decorated watch is equipped with Delta-shaped openworked hands revealing the midnight blue aventurine dial, small seconds at 6 o\u2019clock, a date disk and a pink (April) moon featuring a surface dotted with craters (referred to as \u201clunar seas\u201d).<\/p>\n

CHF 16’100.-

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\"GMT_n54_FR_ipad-132\"<\/a>BULGARI<\/h2>\n

Lvcea Moonphase (lunette non sertie)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Playing on the day\/night contrast, this timepiece displays the moon phases through an aperture shaped like the arc of a circle and appearing in the upper part of the dial that is swept over by hours and minutes hands.<\/p>\n

CHF 15’000.-

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\"GMT_n54_FR_ipad-134\"<\/a>JAEGER-LECOULTRE<\/h2>\n

Rendez-vous Moon Medium<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This timepiece displaying hours, minutes and seconds has been meticulously crafted by the artisans of the Manufacture who have applied a sandblasted finish to the midnight blue moon disk and a guilloch\u00e9 motif to the dial center, in order to give a realistic touch to this complication.<\/p>\n

CHF 15’800.-

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\"GMT_n54_FR_ipad-133\"<\/a>BOVET<\/h2>\n

Recital 11 Miss Alexandra<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The artisans of the Manufacture have opted for an unconventional design with a fixed moon to indicate the lunar phases, while the hours and minutes hands form a heart every 60 minutes in the 6 o\u2019clock subdial.<\/p>\n

CHF 43’000.-<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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