Blancpain Blancpain new limited edition Chinese calendar "Ji Shi" watch

To welcome the coming Chinese Lunar New Year, Blancpain Blancpain introduced a new limited edition Chinese calendar limited edition watch, the world's unique watch production process of complex, Chinese New Year Year of the Dog tribute. To pay tribute to the ancient Chinese calendar, a long and ancient Chinese culture, Blancpain Le Brassus large complex handmade watchmaking workshops heartily created this practical and symbolic watch, meaning 2018 Ji dogs "Wang" years, Fu Lu was Cheung. Blancpain Villeret Classic Series Chinese calendar limited edition "Ji Shi" watch, dial 12 o'clock Lunar New Year window display zodiac dog pattern This section of the Chinese calendar highlights the mysterious beauty of traditional Chinese timekeeping, using China's deeply rooted timing principles for thousands of years. Timepiece dial layout is exquisite, hour, minute hand and standard calendar vivid disk, but also into the traditional Chinese calendar calendar important timing elements, such as 12 o'clock (24 hours), Lunar Date, lunar month (with leap month display), ten Lunar New Year, and even include five elements and ten days of dry. The twelve zodiac corresponds to the twelve earthly branches, which in turn are matched with the ten days of dryness to form sixty basic units or sixty dry branches, commonly known as the "sixty-year-old child", which constitutes the core content of Chinese traditional culture. As an important timing element in the Blancpain watch, the moon phase gain and loss function is more closely linked to the traditional Chinese calendar and plays an important role in the operation of the timepiece. Blancpain Villeret classic series of Chinese calendar limited edition "Ji Shi" watch, gold pendulum Tuo engraved Lunar New Year dog pattern Unlike standard calendars, which are based on the Sun Day, traditional Chinese lunar calendar adopts the calendar of the sun and the moon, that is, the solar calendar based on the monthly cycle (29.53059 days). A lunar year contains 12 lunar months (354.36707 days), about 11 days less than a solar year (365.242374 days). As a result, leap months (as indicated by the red dots below the "wax" on the dial) appear in some years to match the cycle of the four seasons change. As each lunar month (including leap month) begins on the new moon's day, it lasts for 29 days or 30 days. As can be seen, the Lunar New Year with intercalary months is actually 13 months longer than the Gregorian calendar. On the contrary, the Lunar New Year with no intercalary months is only 12 months shorter than the Gregorian calendar. The typical characteristics of this traditional calendar are the reasons for the uncertain dates of the Chinese Lunar New Year. The new Chinese calendar "Jippy" limited edition watch equipped with Cal.3638 self-winding movement, the movement consists of 394 inlaid ruby ​​bearing 464 components, power reserve up to 7 days. Watches complicated process, skilled, will have many non-periodic elements of the time perfect presentation on the dial. Among them, the hour hand, minute hand and standard calendar in the dial center. The small dial at 12 o'clock shows the hour and numbers and characters (one 24-hour period); the five elements and the ten-day dry at 10 o'clock (10-year cycle); the lunar month at 9 o'clock (12-month and one- , Lunar New Year (30 days) and leap month. The year window at 12 o'clock shows the year of the year (12-year period) and the moon phase profit and loss is displayed at 6 o'clock. 2018 for the Chinese Year of the Dog, a zodiac dog ang first at 12 o'clock position, meaning 2018 Ji dog "Wang" years, luck is auspicious. Watch with 45 mm diameter platinum case, the crown decorated with round cut ruby, the bottom of the lugs Blancpain patented design of the five hidden adjustment button, while adjusting to ensure that the table side of the simple and smooth lines Beauty. This watch incorporates all of Blancpain Villeret's classic logos, such as a double bezel, a large fire enamel dial, a skeleton willow-shaped pointer, a serpentine blue steel pointer to a standard calendar, and more. New Chinese calendar "Ji Shi dog" watch limited edition 50, each are equipped with gold Tuo Tuo, engraved on the 2018 Chinese New Year gift of Chinese New Year dog pattern. This section of the new Chinese calendar watch also has a limited edition of the red gold watches simultaneously issued.