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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.

The days of Maurice Lacroix being an entry level brand is long gone (), especially since the introduction of the Masterpiece collection. During BaselWorld 2010, that is going to be held from March 18 till March 25, will be introducing a number of interesting models.Most interesting are the two different Phases de Lune timepieces, since a moon phase is a complication that speaks to everyone’s imagination. The Phases de Lune are from different Maurice Lacroix collections, namely that of the Pontos and the Les Classiques.First, the Les Classiques Phases de Lune Automatique. A classic shaped moonphase timepiece, with a day and month indicator near 12 o’clock, and a very stylish moon disc at 6 o’clock. The date indicator is the fourth hand on the dial, pointing to the day numbers on the dial. The dial is available in silver (as pictured below) or black, the hands are filled with luminova and the 40mm case is available in stainless steel or a 18ct gold/stainless steel combination, where the lunette is made out of 18ct gold. The case has been finished with both polished and brushed parts, giving it an extra edge when the (sun)light is able to play with it.Maurice Lacroix uses a mechanical automatic movement (caliber ML37) for this Phases de Lune. This self winding movement has a 38 hours powerreserve and shows hours, minutes, seconds, day, date, month and moonphase. Maurice Lacroix uses this caliber in several other moonphase watches from their collection. The finish on this rhodium plated movement is quite nice, with its hand-decorated circular grain. The movement is based on the famous ETA2824-2 movement and uses an add-one module for all extra functionality.The other Phases de Lune is the one from the Pontos collection and is called Pontos D?ɬ�centrique Phases de Lune, Limited Edition in full. It is significantly different from the Les Classiques Phases de Lune as you can see below, and probably aims more at the watch collector or buyer who loves a classic design with a twist. A fairly big twist.As you can see, the moonphase disc is located on 4 o’clock, the hours are indicated by a disc, the minutes by a hand (and also the only hand on this watch) and the date disc is at 6 o’clock. Below the moonphase disc you’ll notice that there is another disc, indicating the day/night.The titanium & sand blasted watch case has a diameter of 45mm and is therefore probably not suited for everyone out there. The movement ticking inside is the Maurice Lacroix caliber ML122, a self winding mechanical movement with a vibration of 28.800bph and a powerreserve of?Ǭ?38 hours. The finish is comparable to the ML37 as discussed above.This Maurice Lacroix Pontos D?ɬ�centrique Phases de Lune is limited to 500 pieces world wide. Prices on both models are still unknown.