Blancpain Villeret Calendrier Chinois Traditionnel

00888J-3431-55B
Technical specifications

Functions

  • Hours
  • Minutes
  • Seconds
  • Day
  • Date
  • Month
  • Moon Phase
  • Zodiac

Movement

  • Self Winding/Automatic
  • Manufactured
  • Swiss Made

Case

  • Round
  • Platinum
  • Polished
  • 15.00mm
  • 45.00mm

Glass

  • Sapphire

Water resistance

  • 3.00atm / 30.00m / 100.00ft

Buckle

  • Pin Buckle
  • Platinum

Strap

  • Alligator
  • Black

Year

  • 2022

Official description

Blancpain celebrates the 2022 Lunar New Year by unveiling a new version of its Traditional Chinese Calendar. Crafted in platinum and issued in a 50-piece limited edition, this watch presents the indications of the lunisolar calendar on a white grand feu enamel dial. The zodiac sign of the year, the tiger, is highlighted on the back of the timepiece.

A complication exclusively developed by Blancpain, the Traditional Chinese Calendar is based on fundamental principles established for millennia and profoundly rooted in Chinese tradition. On its dial, the hours, minutes and the Gregorian calendar rub shoulders with the main indications of the Chinese calendar: traditional double-hours, day, month with indication of leap months, signs of the zodiac, as well as the five elements and the ten celestial stems. The moon phases, defining traditional Chinese months and a key element in all Blancpain complete calendars, are also presented.

To mark the transition to the year of the tiger 2022 (1 February 2022 to 21 January 2023), Blancpain has created a new edition of this emblematic timepiece: a model in platinum with a white grand feu enamel dial whose oscillating weight is engraved with the Chinese zodiac sign of the year, the tiger.