The moon-phase indication, an horological complication that has been highly appreciated since the 18th century calls for great precision when it comes to calculating the lunar cycles and marking the new moon, first quarter, full moon and last quarter. This technical accuracy is matched by finely mastered poetic interpretations of the face of this heavenly body. e céleste.
Bulgari has ably risen to this two-fold challenge. On the one hand, by reinterpreting for its Lvcea watch both the calculation and the indication of the length of a synodic revolution of the moon – meaning the time that elapses between two of its returns to the same position in relation to the Sun and the Earth, amounting to exactly 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes and 2.8 seconds. But also and above all by providing an aperture shaped like the arc of a circle in the upper part of the mother-of-pearl dial on this luminous round watch, while preserving its perfectly balanced shapes and its diamond-set hour-markers.
In a delicate and subtle manner, the sky against which the moon appears takes on a shade matching that of the alligator leather strap: intense blue, bright red or glowing plum purple, depending on the model. Three options representing a wealth of temptations, with a mother-of-pearl dial punctuated by brilliant-cut diamond hour-markers; an even more sophisticated interpretation featuring its strap lug and bezel set with brilliant-cut diamonds; or a white gold version graced by a bezel set with brilliant-cut diamonds like the strap lugs.
