Blancpain celebrates Chinese New Year 2022 with the launch of an exclusive edition of the Traditional Chinese Calendar

To celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year 2022, Blancpain has launched an exclusive new edition of the Traditional Chinese Calendar watch designed with a platinum case in a limited edition of 50 pieces. This watch presents the lunar calendar indicators on the large white Grand Feu dial, while the tiger, this year's sign, shines on the back of the watch.
The sophistication of the Traditional Chinese Calendar has been developed exclusively by Blancpain, focusing on centuries-old fundamental principles deeply rooted in Chinese traditions. The hours and minutes counter and the Gregorian calendar across the dial are in harmony with the main indicators of the Chinese calendar, such as the traditional double hours, days and months with reference to leap months and constellations, as well as the five elements and the ten celestial trunks. The phases of the moon, which define the traditional Chinese months, were also introduced

Which is a key element in all the calendars of the house complete.
On the occasion of the celebration of the Chinese New Year of the Tiger for 2022, which starts from February 2022, 21 until January 2023, XNUMX, Blancpain has created a new version of this unique watch. This watch has a platinum case with a large white dial
Grand Feu with balance spring with engraved tiger motif, which personifies the Chinese New Year zodiac.
True to the aesthetics of the Villeret collection, the repeating, double-step 45 mm case is equipped with under-lug correctors for easy adjustability, while its bezels embody Blancpain craftsmanship, and the disconnecting ring is made of gold trim, with the other indicators enameled. The main hands are linked in the form of hollow leaves by a steel serpentine hand
Blue sweeps up the Gregorian calendar numbers, in a design reminiscent of the watchmaking tradition of the eighteenth century.
The Traditional Chinese Calendar watch is controlled by 3638 self-winding movements. Its complexity increases with the number of indicators to be presented and with the irregularity of its cycles. While there are familiar paths of watchmaking experience of more than two centuries, which guide watchmakers to develop their mechanisms, as well as create the traditional Chinese calendar without any previous foundations. Thus, this complication comes as a result

A long challenge that took five years of research and development.
Instructive and symbolic, the traditional Chinese calendar invites aficionados of fine watchmaking to think of different approaches to the concept of time as complementary. The 50 individuals of this series' 2022 time groups bear witness to this wealth of diversity.