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Maurice Lacroix Pontos Day Date Blue Dial (Ref. 6158-SS001-43E)The new Maurice Lacroix Pontos Day Date Blue Dial (Ref. 6158-SS001-43E) automatic watch comes equipped with an attractive three-dimensional blue dial and… not much else.The Swiss watchmaker has recently updated its Pontos line of dressy watches with this version of the elegant Pontos Day Date model.As you can see on the pictures, the Ref. 6158-SS001-43E version features a “solar” sun-brushed blue dial that looks quite noble and may look very good with dark-colored business attire.Like the rest of the series, the watch features two apertures at 12 o’clock and 6 o’clock for the day of week and date displays respectively.Both apertures are visually connected with an inner chapter ring and elongated hour markers.As usual, the diamond-cut hands feature generous amounts of white Superluminova at their tips.The watch will be sold on a black crocodile strap with stainless steel folding clasp.The watch is powered by the ML Caliber 09 automatic movement. It is based on an ETA caliber and features only some standard decoration, like Cotes de Geneve on its winding rotor and perlage on bridges.

A combination of mechanics and architecture, the Pontos D��centrique Phases de Lune liberates time from orthodoxy. In a theatre of bold innovations, the first scene is acted out at 10 o'clock on an off-centre dial, where a new and unique single hand tracks the minutes, while the dragging hours appear at a more leisurely pace on a disk. In the second scene, two superposed disks at 4 o'clock show the phases of the moon and indicate day and night. The final scene, perhaps the grandest of them all, takes place at 6 o'clock: the date is clearly shown in a metallised sapphire crystal window on a disk whose patented return system has been specially developed in-house. Series limited to 500.Technical SpecificationsMovementAutomatic, ML 122 calibre, 28,800 vib/h, 4 Hz, 28 jewels, rhodium-plated, circular-grained, hand-decorated and snailed finishing with C?tes de Gen��ve motifs, 38-hour power reserveFunctionsHours, minutes, date, moon phases and age of the moon, day/night indicatorCaseTitanium, sand-blasted finishing, 45 mmConvex sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on both sidesScrew-down and numbered sapphire crystal back Water-resistant to 50 mDialBlack off-centre with openings on the hour disk at 10 o'clock and moon phases and day/night indicator at 4 o'clockIndication of number of days to next full moon at 4 o'clock Integrated metallised sapphire crystal on the date at 6 o'clockLarge hour numerals and minute hand coated with C1 white Superluminova creating a blue luminescent effectBracelet/StrapBlack genuine alligator, black calfskin lining with titanium folding claspRetail is estimated at $5,000-$10,000Source: Maurice Lacroix