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Maurice Lacroix has unveiled the romantic designs in their Starside series in advance of the Baselworld watch show.The Maurice Lacroix Starside Eternal Moon has a 38mm stainless steel case and sapphire crystals. The watch shows hours, minutes and seconds indication with hands, date indication with central hand, weekday and month indication in windows at 5 and 7 o'clock, moon phase indication with disc at 12 o'clock. The softly beautiful dial is lacquered in pink and black or beige and black, set with 32 diamonds with a metallized sapphire crystal for moon phase indication.The Maurice Lacroix Starside Magic Seconds has a 38mm stainless steel case with a bezel and crown set with with 65 Top Wesselton diamonds. The movement is the automatic caliber ML161 with 31 jewels and the dial is white mother-of-pearl and silver color or lacquered in dark blue and silver color, set with 30 diamonds.The Maurice Lacroix Starside Sparkling Date with In-House Complications is a limited edition of 250 pieces. The movement is the automatic caliber ML127 with 30 jewels with special complications module designed in-house by ML. It has an indication of hours and minutes, retrograde date indication with diamond in a shaped window at 6 o'clock, moon phase indication with eccentric disc revealed by a cabochon of moonstone at 3 o'clock. The 38mm case is 8K white gold and the bezel and lugs are set with 82 Top Wesselton diamonds. The crown set with 9 diamonds and the dial is lacquered in purple and black.[via Time Zone]Gallery: Maurice Lacroix Starside Watches

Zurich based Maurice de Mauriac produces customized swiss made and assembled timepieces. You can select from a wide variety of dials, cases, bezels, straps and more. Prices start around a couple grand and go above ten thousand for solid gold cases. The watch above is $4,200 as shown in a beautiful satin DLC treated stainless steel case (45 mm in diameter) with a 7750 "top" grade movement and black Kevlar strap with stainless steel buckle. The caseback is clear so you can enjoy the finished movement. I've worn this timepiece for about a year, and it is still scratch-free (DLC is virtually scratch proof). To freshen up the looks, I have ordered a new satin stainless steel bezel and a domed sapphire crystal (the bezel/crystal are easily interchangeable with the use of a specialized bezel tool). Click here for full review and photo gallery.