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M'Bob
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Hm, they could do a modern triple calendar moonphase. Maybe call it... the 116062?!

An example of how they screw it up: this is obviously a nod to the two you posted, but is over-done graphically, and clearly lacks the refinement and elegance:

Edit: that being said, maybe the best thing they introduced this year.
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sensui
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My first inclination on the big announcements of Rolex was expected (for collectors of their pieces like myself)......meh....wtf.....how the hell.......etc.....in fact it still is on the skittles/gummi bear YM and that YM2 for example. But I can't deny bringing the SkyDweller to stainless is intriguing me to @ least try it on and after getting past the SeaDweller's departure from its heritage....it might be a very nice wearing watch as I find the 116600 I own a much better weight balanced watch than my 8500 PO that I sold after wearing for a couple hours.....time will tell when I get the chance to try them on. But clearly Omega had me @ hello with the trilogy.
 
munichblue
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I would say it was a very good year for Omega. In my opinion, they have also received more attention in the media which is not exactly a familiar circumstance.

Keep it up! 馃憤
 
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M'Bob M'Bob
An example of how they screw it up: this is obviously a nod to the two you posted, but is over-done graphically, and clearly lacks the refinement and elegance:

Edit: that being said, maybe the best thing they introduced this year.
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Yeah, they really messed up that moonphase disk, though. Moonphase is a traditional complication, and there are ways to update it, but not by showing the whole disk and putting a circle above part of it. [emoji849]

This is what a moonphase disk done right looks like:

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Riviera Paradise
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M'Bob M'Bob
An example of how they screw it up: this is obviously a nod to the two you posted, but is over-done graphically, and clearly lacks the refinement and elegance:

Edit: that being said, maybe the best thing they introduced this year.
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I think they made an interesting attempt to come up with something new...many moonphase watches to me seem to be boring reissues of the standard blue / gold moonphase dial. They also state they have come up with a mechanism where you "easily" can interpret the lunar cycle both for the northern and southern hemisphere...well I am pretty sure someone could look at the northern cycle and mentally map it to the equivalent southern cycle (its mirror image).
 
M'Bob
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I think they made an interesting attempt to come up with something new...many moonphase watches to me seem to be boring reissues of the standard blue / gold moonphase dial. They also state they have come up with a mechanism where you "easily" can interpret the lunar cycle both for the northern and southern hemisphere...well I am pretty sure someone could look at the northern cycle and mentally map it to the equivalent southern cycle (its mirror image).

Fair enough...
 
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