Beauty & Style | Thursday 2 July, 2015 1:59 am |

A time of togetherness, Eid Al Fitr marks the end of the Holy Month of Ramadan and brings families closer in celebration. As the Eid moon is sighted, commemorate this precious time with timeless gifts that let you have the moon on your wrist; namely the Portugieser Perpetual Calendar with a double moonphase.

 

The Portugieser Perpetual Calendar with a double moon (Ref. 5034)

In this timepiece, the moon phase and its mirror image show the state of the moon in both the northern and southern hemispheres. This ingenious achievement was also the work of IWC’s engineers, who transformed the subdial with the double moon display into a star-studded night sky the same color as the large dial, so that the moon and stars appear to hover in infinite space. A further new feature of the design is the introduction of the railway-track-style chapter ring typical of the Portugieser, which puts the model closer in appearance to the classic original. The dial appears more balanced and elegant because the subdials for the date and week are also the same color.