Longines Manzon Lady in sterling silver - Original strap & buckle the date window with its

the date window with its magnifying cyclops — all present here in their earliest fully resolved form

The Frédérique Constant x The Naked Watchmaker Perpetual Calendar is a limited-edition collaboration that showcases technical sophistication with a modern

The effect is monochromatic but never monotonous

complete with its original Cartier clasp — a detail that confirms the watch has been kept with care and never subjected to unnecessary intervention

and iridescent blues depending on the light

Longines Manzon Lady in sterling silver - Original strap & buckle the date window with itsThe Longines Manzon is one of the more striking objects to emerge from the Swiss watch industry's experimental years of the early 1970s a period when the quartz crisis was pushing mechanical watchmakers to compete on design rather than technology alone. Designed by Serge Manzon, the French designer whose work straddled jewellery and industrial design with equal fluency, the model applied an almost sculptural logic to the watch: four bold rectangular