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It is an full calendar moonphase watch as the Cosmic was, but has the added complexity of being an automatic (but omitted a second hand). Amazingly, the watch was 35 mm and a mere 8.7mm thick, included an exhibition back and the hand decorated calibre 715.
The calibre 715 was used only in this watch, and was an adaptation of the thin calibre 712 chronometer used in Constellations. It had no second hand so was not eligible for chronometer testing, but was adusted in two positions.
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The dial is one of the most intriguing features of this watch. It is suggestive of the classic 30mm calibre chronometers, with Roman numerals in a highlighted chapter ring.
The color of the dial changes with the angle at which it is viewed dramatically, and I have never before been able to capture the change in photographs. Perhaps I have now.
Beginning with the watch angled to the left, the center of the dial is dark, the next date chapter is dark, the hour chapter is light, the minutes chapter is light. Note the gilt edges of each ring.
The center and date chapter are lightening.
The minute chapter is darkening and the center is nearly the same shade the minute chapter started out as.
The center is now white and the minutes chapter dark.
No, they aren't -- it changes color that dramatically with the shift of just a couple of degrees of viewing angle. There are no photographers tricks here.
Well, maybe they are -- it all depends on how you look at it -- literally
Look at these two views of the watch side by side -- what color would you say the dial is? I actually haven't really caught it. There are moments where the minutes chapter and date chapter are the same shade, with the hour chapter and center being the other shade.
It's a fun watch to wear, but hard to take your eyes off of . . .
The movement isn't too bad either, after you get over trying to decide what the dial color is
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