Watches: Eight Perpetual Calendar Watches For Every Style And Taste

The perpetual calendar is one of watchmaking’s true grails. Mechanically capable of knowing the correct number of days in every month, and taking leap years into account, they are typically billed as able to run without adjustment to the year 2100 (when, once every 400 years, we skip a leap year, to keep things in balance). Being able to produce one of these complex beasts is a mark of pedigree and prestige for any watch brand, and they have always ranked among the most desirable complications for collectors. Partly its their inherent rarity, as well as the purity of the timekeeping engineering at work; partly it’s the classically-appealing symmetrical design. Although, as you will see, today there is more than one way to lay out a perpetual calendar watch – and there are even a couple that you might consider “affordable”. Here are the eight examples we think you need to know.

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