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Watches: the discreet charm of perpetual calendars

2021-11-24T15:58:49.246Z


They are among the most difficult timepieces to design. However, the timeless elegance of the “QP” does not only reveal itself to the initiated.


The art of watchmaking lies in making treasures of complexity elegant and easy to use. This is the case with perpetual calendars, affectionately nicknamed “QP” by lovers of this great complication. As with the minute repeaters, only the best craftsmen from the most renowned houses are able to refine the cogs and mechanisms.

“From a mechanical point of view, it is a question of achieving, in a particularly small space, to synchronize and make reliable over time, a large amount of information: hours, minutes, seconds, day, date ... taking into account the months of 30 and 31 days, the months of February of 28 days and leap years ”,

summarizes Pierre Gisclard, co-founder of the site The Watch Observer

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We have mastered this subject since 1901 at Dubois Dépraz, in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland.

For four generations, it has been concocting modules and complications intended for the elite of “Swiss made”.

"A QP is a watch that you can put on your wrist

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Source: lefigaro

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