Aerowatch adds quiet substance to its 1942 line with the new 1942 Calendrier Complet, a full calendar with a rare double moon phase that reads the sky for both hemispheres. It nods to the moon phase watches that helped mechanical horology find its footing again in the 1980s, yet keeps its feet firmly in the present.
The lunar display sits at 6 o’clock on a starry subdial, showing the moon for North and South alike. It is a poetic device with practical clarity, the kind of complication that rewards unhurried glances rather than stopwatch reflexes.
The calendar is complete: day and month in central apertures, and a date by pointer hand with a red half-moon tip. Time is kept by blued hours, minutes and central seconds over a silver dial with a grained center and crisp black Arabic numerals. Legibility is honest, not theatrical.
Casework is 316L steel at 42.00 mm, gently curved to suit the wrist. A domed anti-reflective sapphire crystal up top and a transparent back complete the classic profile. Water resistance is 50 meters, which is to say rain and sinks, not cliff dives.
Inside beats the 11 1⁄2 ”’ Sellita SW 383-1 automatic movement with 25 jewels, 28,800 vibrations per hour and a 56-hour power reserve. The rotor is finely wrought, and decoration is visible through the sapphire back. It is a sensible engine for a complication that values reliability over theater.
The watch is delivered on a genuine black leather strap with embossed pattern, quilted stitching and a personalized folding clasp. It feels appropriately old-world without pretending to be a museum piece.
As ever with Aerowatch, the appeal lies in measured intent. A full calendar with a double moon phase is not about novelty for its own sake. It is about rhythm, symmetry and the small satisfaction of knowing where you stand beneath the same moon, whichever hemisphere you call home.
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