Independent Swiss watchmaker Pierre DeRoche adds a set of ‘his and hers’ calendar watches within its GrandCliff
collection with the GrandCliff Annual Calendar and GrandCliff Milady Annual Calendar.
The pair of complicated watches introduce a slightly smaller profile to the watchmaker’s round-cased GrandCliff series with a new diameter of 41mm, slightly smaller than the 42.5mm and 43.5mm cases currently found in the collection.
Pierre DuRoche powers both watches with an ETA base caliber topped with an excellent Dubois Dépraz module specially made to display months via an easy-to-read circular aperture on the dial’s lower left quadrant, opposite a classic date display at 3 o’clock. As annual calendars, both watches need adjustment only once per year (if kept wound) at the start of March. This is done via the crown (date) and by pressing a case-side corrector (month).
While the more traditional of the two new models offers a three-hand display with a black dial, the second silver-dialed model, meant to attract feminine wearers, features heart-shaped month indicator windows rather than the rectangular month windows found on the black-dial model. On each, the months are highlighted in the red-hued indicator disc rotating just below the months display.
In addition, the feminine model features a diamond-set bezel, a sunray decoration at 3 o’clock and a date window with black writing on a white background.
Prices: CHF 8,700 and CHF 11,800 (Mylady model).
Specifications: Pierre DuRoche GrandCliff Annual Calendar
(GRC10014ACI0-001CUI, black dial)
Movement: Automatic Dubois Dépraz caliber 6501 with ETA base, nickel silver oscillating weight on ball-bearing mechanism, cut-out and engraved. Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds, annual calendar with date and month indicators.
Case: 41mm steel, polished and satin-finished, anti-reflective sapphire crystal front and back, screw-lock winding-crown with the Pierre DeRoche logo. Water-resistant to 50 meters.
Dial: Black shading, applique indices, red month indicator.
Strap: Textured black leather with steel folding clasp.
Price: CHF 8,700
Pierre DuRoche GrandCliff Milady Annual Calendar
(GRC10014ACI1-001CUI, silvered dial, diamond bezel)
Movement: Automatic Dubois Dépraz caliber 6501 with ETA base, nickel silver oscillating weight on ball-bearing mechanism, cut-out and engraved. Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds, annual calendar with date and month indicators.
Case: 41mm steel polished and satin-finished. Bezel set with 94 diamonds (0.42 carats). Anti-reflective sapphire crystal front and back. Screw-lock winding-crown with the Pierre DeRoche logo. Water-resistant to 50 meters.
Dial: Silvered, sunray pattern, heart-shaped cut-outs for month indicator at 7 o’clock.
Applique indices.
Strap: Burgundy-colored textured leather strap with steel folding clasp.
Price: CHF 11,800.
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