All watches can tell time, but how about one that shows you the phases of the moon while also accounting for leap years, completely automatically and mechanically?

Blancpain’s perpetual calendar watches do it all!

The mechanical memory in a Blancpain watch with a perpetual calendar can automatically store and display the day, date, month and current moon phase perpetually, without any manual correction. A miniscule satellite gear wheel takes exactly four years for its calendar to finish a complete rotation before it causes the watch to display February 29 to mark a leap year.

First developed in 1853, the perpetual calendar has proven to be the most reliable watch calendar since its conception. In 2000, Blancpain brought new advances to the industry by launching the world’s slimmest perpetual calendar watch, created with the same engineering and workmanship that first developed the brand centuries before.

Originally founded in 1735 in Switzerland, Blancpain carries on as the oldest standing watchmaking brand. Focused on quality versus quantity, Blancpain aim is to preserve the essence of the watchmaker craft by producing only three watches a day. In comparison to many brands that turn out watches at much higher rates by using assembly-line equipment, each Blancpain watch is made by hand from start to finish by a single watchmaker, making every Blancpain truly a one-of-a-kind piece.

Crafted with some of the most sophisticated technology, Blancpain watches are a thrilling acquisition for any watch collector. This specific model, which is currently for sale in our San Diego showroom, is entitled the Villeret Perpetual Calendar “Dignus Est Intare,” meaning “is worthy to enter” in Latin.

Alongside an ever-changing variety of other brands of renown such as Rolex, Patek Philippe, Ulysse Nardin, and IWC, periodically we can offer excellent values on preowned Blancpain watches that have been preserved in excellent condition.  Perhaps it’s time for you to indulge in a remarkable timepiece designed to be passed down to your son and his son, and possibly even a Blancpain perpetual calendar that will automatically tell the time, day, date, month, and moon phase for decades to come!