I don't really see the moonphase as a dress watch to be honest.
I don't think a watch without a rotatable bezel or chronograph subdials is therefore automatically (no pun intended) a dress watch.
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Re: New moon phase watch
^^^ Agreed. Of all the watch “definitions” it’s the most blurred.
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Re: New moon phase watch
I said it's "dressy" not that the C1 moonphase is a dress watch.
I mean, it's shiny and glittery and pretty, after all.
I mean, it's shiny and glittery and pretty, after all.
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Re: New moon phase watch
I like to keep it simple for my personal definition of a dress watch… 
If I would only wear the watch when out to lunch, or dinner, or sitting around doing nothing in particular and wouldn’t wear it cooking, gardening, swimming, mountain walking or any physical activity I regard it as a dress watch. Simple.
On this basis for me the Moonphase is a dress watch. Whilst it is larger than most folk normally regard as a dress watch, I think it works, because of the execution of the dial and moon.
What I do find rather strange is that some folk treat watches that were originally designed as tool watches as watches to be kept for “best”, rather than just worn as an everyday watch…
Neil
If I would only wear the watch when out to lunch, or dinner, or sitting around doing nothing in particular and wouldn’t wear it cooking, gardening, swimming, mountain walking or any physical activity I regard it as a dress watch. Simple.
On this basis for me the Moonphase is a dress watch. Whilst it is larger than most folk normally regard as a dress watch, I think it works, because of the execution of the dial and moon.
What I do find rather strange is that some folk treat watches that were originally designed as tool watches as watches to be kept for “best”, rather than just worn as an everyday watch…
Neil
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Re: New moon phase watch
The Moonphase is surely what each of us wants it to be?
My formal - read sharply pressed morning suit, polished black Oxfords, combed hair and white shirt - occasions are in the past tense so my selection of watches which I'd have pressed into service are having to be repurposed.
I bought the Moonphase with this in mind and I've worn it every day since receiving it though right now I'm wearing a chrono to time the Christmas cakes which I've spent the morning making.
I think that Neil's final comment above ^^^^ "What I do find rather strange is that some folk treat watches that were originally designed as tool watches as watches to be kept for “best”, rather than just worn as an everyday watch…" nails it: we each choose how to wear our watches.
My formal - read sharply pressed morning suit, polished black Oxfords, combed hair and white shirt - occasions are in the past tense so my selection of watches which I'd have pressed into service are having to be repurposed.
I bought the Moonphase with this in mind and I've worn it every day since receiving it though right now I'm wearing a chrono to time the Christmas cakes which I've spent the morning making.
I think that Neil's final comment above ^^^^ "What I do find rather strange is that some folk treat watches that were originally designed as tool watches as watches to be kept for “best”, rather than just worn as an everyday watch…" nails it: we each choose how to wear our watches.
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Bravo to the people who put the superb photographs in of this gorgeous watch.
Kudos to CW for putting out such a daring take on the moon phase. I have never seen a moon phase complication done like this by any watch maker. Really cool in a day and age where you think that everything has already been done and seen in the watch world.
Whether I will buy it at some time remains to be seen, I have quite a few watches already and don't find a moon phase very practical on an ever changing watch rotation, much though the romantic in me likes the moon phase complication.
Kudos to CW for putting out such a daring take on the moon phase. I have never seen a moon phase complication done like this by any watch maker. Really cool in a day and age where you think that everything has already been done and seen in the watch world.
Whether I will buy it at some time remains to be seen, I have quite a few watches already and don't find a moon phase very practical on an ever changing watch rotation, much though the romantic in me likes the moon phase complication.
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Re: New moon phase watch
Well I finally peeled mine off my wrist and left it off long enough for the power reserve to run down. Honestly, resetting the moonphase is quick and easy and involves the following steps.ralfybaby wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 10:27 pm Bravo to the people who put the superb photographs in of this gorgeous watch.
Kudos to CW for putting out such a daring take on the moon phase. I have never seen a moon phase complication done like this by any watch maker. Really cool in a day and age where you think that everything has already been done and seen in the watch world.
Whether I will buy it at some time remains to be seen, I have quite a few watches already and don't find a moon phase very practical on an ever changing watch rotation, much though the romantic in me likes the moon phase complication.
1. Use online media to confirm the current phase of the moon.
2. Pop out the crown.
3. Rotate the crown until the moon on the dial reflects whatever the internet tells you about the state of the moon. This may involve going forward/back to get the moon "just so".
4. Push the crown back in.
5. Wind the watch and wear it.
This is way easier than resetting other complications in other watches. Think about setting a day/date watch: if you find that hard then maybe setting the Moonphase is hard. Think about battery replacement in a quartz watch and the attendant hand and function resetting: gimme my Moonphase any time!
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Maybe it is easier than I thought ..... I still think it could be tricky to get it right, but I suppose if you find new moon and go back three days you should be right for today by using somethnig like this https://www.almanac.com/astronomy/moon/calendar ....tikkathree wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 8:17 amWell I finally peeled mine off my wrist and left it off long enough for the power reserve to run down. Honestly, resetting the moonphase is quick and easy and involves the following steps.ralfybaby wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 10:27 pm Bravo to the people who put the superb photographs in of this gorgeous watch.
Kudos to CW for putting out such a daring take on the moon phase. I have never seen a moon phase complication done like this by any watch maker. Really cool in a day and age where you think that everything has already been done and seen in the watch world.
Whether I will buy it at some time remains to be seen, I have quite a few watches already and don't find a moon phase very practical on an ever changing watch rotation, much though the romantic in me likes the moon phase complication.
1. Use online media to confirm the current phase of the moon.
2. Pop out the crown.
3. Rotate the crown until the moon on the dial reflects whatever the internet tells you about the state of the moon. This may involve going forward/back to get the moon "just so".
4. Push the crown back in.
5. Wind the watch and wear it.
This is way easier than resetting other complications in other watches. Think about setting a day/date watch: if you find that hard then maybe setting the Moonphase is hard. Think about battery replacement in a quartz watch and the attendant hand and function resetting: gimme my Moonphase any time!
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Re: New moon phase watch
^^^^ I think it's a case of how right do you want it to be?
For me 'about right' will be fine. If I can set it at the time of New or Full Moon, then great but otherwise a best estimate will work.
As for it being accurate over 128 years? That's never going to happen, but it's like having a car capable of 150mph. I'm never going to do that speed, but it's comforting to know it's capable of it.
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For me 'about right' will be fine. If I can set it at the time of New or Full Moon, then great but otherwise a best estimate will work.
As for it being accurate over 128 years? That's never going to happen, but it's like having a car capable of 150mph. I'm never going to do that speed, but it's comforting to know it's capable of it.
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