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WHEN IWC SCHAFFHAUSEN UNVEILED THE Da Vinci Chronograph Perpetual Calendar in 1985, it showed how the perpetual calendar – one of the most complicated mechanical watches – could be made simple and ...

Reading about watches can often feel like cracking open a textbook. Browsing—and even buying—means being barraged with inscrutable words and phrases like ”tourbillons,” “perpetual calendars,” “minute ...

Audemars Piguet’s first crop of newness this year celebrates the brand’s status as one of Switzerland’s oldest brands. This year marks the company’s 150th anniversary, and it is marking the occasion ...

Today we're taking a look at the Vacheron Constantin Twin Beat Perpetual Calendar ✓ A technically impressive take on the QP complication ✓ ...

As part of the Complications, Simplified series explaining the complex mechanisms that add functionality – or complications – to mechanical watches, HYPEBEAST looks at how the Perpetual Calendar kept ...

The perpetual calendar, prized for its convenience and praised for its complexity, has become a hallmark of watchmaking proficiency. But even among the brands that are good enough to make them, there ...

The race to create the ultimate ultra-thin watch movement has led to some pretty cool watches over the past few years, leaving us in awe of the wonders of micro-engineering. But is it really enough to ...

Once every four years, extremely complicated watches known as perpetual calendars get their moment to shine—and delight the owners of these five- or six-figure timepieces. One of watchmaking’s most ...

If you glance at your watch on July 1st and find that its calendar reads “31,” you can thank the Romans. In the earliest days of their (now) fallen empire, their calendar followed a fairly simple ...

BVLGARI drops the ultra-thin Octo Finissimo Perpetual Calendar in a monochromatic blue. The 40mm watch features a sandblasted ...