Blancpain Villeret Perpetual Calendar watch

The Blancpain Villeret Perpetual Calendar watch is a classical timepiece that displays the traditional and prestigious perpetual calendar complication. One of the most revered complications in all of high watchmaking, the perpetual calendar mechanism indicates day, date, month, and leap year; its complex structure of cams and levers is programmed to take into account the variances between the months, and automatically adjust itself accordingly.

The Blancpain Villeret Perpetual Calendar derives its remarkable abilities from its selfwinding 5653A Calibre movement. Produced by Blancpain with the support of its integral movement manufacturer Frederic Piguet, this fine mechanism displays many desirable qualities, two of the most notable being its ultra-thin construction, and its long 100 hour power reserve. Comprised of 297 hand finished pieces, each 5653A movement is built individually from start to finish by a single Blancpain watchmaker; its bridges and gold rotor are hand embellished with Cotes de Geneve and anglage finishing, while the plate is decorated with perlage circular graining.

The Blancpain Villeret Perpetual Calendar watch contains unique technical implementation, not before seen in a perpetual calendar wristwatch; traditionally, perpetual calendar watches feature pin-type correctors on the side of the case, that enable the adjustment of the month, day, date, and moonphase displays. Blancpain has offered a helpful and elegant modification to this arrangement, by shifting the correctors to a position right behind the case lugs, and shaping them in a such a way that they can be activated by a fingernail. Not only does this subtle modification make a stylus unnecessary to set the calendar, it also gives the side of the case a cleaner appearance, since no corrector pieces are visible to the eye.

Elegant and distinguished, the Blancpain Villeret Perpetual Calendar watch offers the timeless appeal which is a hallmark of the entire Villeret watch collection. It is presented in a 38mm case made from 18K red gold or platinum, and accentuated with a softly luminous opaline dial complete with Roman numerals and svelte leaf-shaped hands.