As we welcome the Year of the Snake, bringing with it grace and adaptability, let us celebrate new opportunities ahead. In this season of fresh beginnings, the noble hues of red, gold, green, and purple radiate vibrant energy, inspiring us to envision a prosperous future. For those bold enough to seize the moment, a fine timepiece precisely marks each beautiful day of this journey.
BOVET Récital 27 Triple Time Zone Watch
Despite its complex structure and elaborate decoration, this masterpiece offers surprisingly intuitive operation and readability, exemplifying BOVET‘s pursuit of horological excellence. The Récital 27 features a unique triple time zone display: local time is indicated by central hands, while secondary time zones appear at 3 and 9 o’clock with traditional 12-hour subdials showing hours and minutes. Day/night indicators are elegantly integrated within the purple lotus guilloché pattern surrounding the numerals. Above each secondary time zone subdial, a fan-shaped window displays the selected reference city, which can be customized according to the owner’s preferences. All three time zones can be independently adjusted, including daylight saving time settings. At 6 o’clock, an arched moonphase display shows both northern and southern hemisphere moon phases, requiring adjustment only once every 122 years. The moon’s surface features hand-carved relief filled with luminescent material. This sophisticated mechanism achieves a remarkable 7-day power reserve from a single barrel.
The 46.3mm Dimier writing slope-shaped case in 18K 5N red gold creates a distinctive harmony with the purple dial decorations, while blued steel hands and screws add striking contrast. The magnificent purple sections showcase BOVET’s signature decorative techniques, involving intricate guilloché engraving followed by multiple layers of lacquer and meticulous polishing to achieve its brilliant effect.
The caseback reveals the manual-winding caliber 13DM04-3FPL, uniquely displayed within the writing slope case design, creating a showcase-like viewing experience. The power reserve indicator and small seconds are positioned on the reverse side.
Franck Muller Silhouette CX Snake
For the Year of the Snake, Franck Muller presents the Asia-Pacific limited edition Silhouette CX Snake, incorporating the year’s symbolic turquoise color and abstractly interpreting the snake’s sinuous movement through its new case profile and dial decoration. The unprecedented asymmetrical case design evolves from the classic Cintrée Curvex shape, creating avant-garde organic curves. The dial features the signature sunburst guilloché pattern, while the Arabic numerals dynamically follow the case contours. The dial’s highlight is a snow-set arrangement of deep green emeralds forming a serpentine pattern, mysteriously revealing only partial glimpses of the snake’s form.
The sapphire crystal required exceptional craftsmanship to match the unique case lines, combining diamond cutting and CNC technology to achieve perfect curvature in both horizontal and vertical directions. The 18K rose gold case features hand-polished surfaces and a crown set with a cabochon deep green gemstone. The green calfskin strap embossed with snake scales patterns complements the design. Powered by the MVT FM 2038 movement with a 40-hour power reserve, this timepiece is limited to 28 pieces worldwide, with 5 pieces allocated to Taiwan.
IWC Portofino Automatic Moon Phase 37 Year of the Snake Edition
The IWC Portofino collection, introduced in the 1980s, is known for its understated elegance with round cases, slim indices, and Roman numerals at 6 and 12 o’clock. The 2025 Year of the Snake edition builds upon the collection’s 2022 redesign, combining red and gold elements to celebrate the incoming New Year. The snake motif is cleverly incorporated into the movement, featuring a skeletonized golden snake on the automatic rotor.
The 37mm polished stainless steel case frames a burgundy dial enhanced with golden accents. The moonphase display at 12 o’clock showcases golden moon and stars against a burgundy background, harmonizing with the golden hands and markers. The caseback reveals the IWC-manufactured caliber 32800 automatic movement with a 5-day power reserve and the special Year of 2025 golden snake rotor. The watch comes with both black and burgundy calfskin straps, easily interchangeable through the quick-change system.
Panerai Luminor Perpetual Calendar Gold PAM01688
Welcoming the Year of the Snake, Panerai introduces the Luminor 44mm Perpetual Calendar in Goldtech™ PAM01688. The burgundy sunburst sandwich dial paired with a 44mm brushed Goldtech™ case creates an auspicious appearance, while the black alligator strap with burgundy stitching adds subtle refinement. Uniquely, it displays the date and day in Chinese characters, with “上午” and “下午” replacing traditional AM/PM indicators.
True to Panerai’s philosophy of practical elegance, this perpetual calendar maintains clean functionality despite its complexity. The PAM01688 features central hour and minute hands, central second time zone indication, and a small seconds with day/night indicator at 9 o’clock. Day and date windows at 3 o’clock ensure clear readability. The caseback displays the four-digit year, leap year indicator, day of the week, and a 3-day power reserve indicator.
Parmigiani Fleurier TONDA PF XIALI Chinese Calendar Rose Gold
For the 2025 Year of the Wood Snake, Parmigiani Fleurier presents the TONDA PF Chinese Calendar in rose gold, honoring five millennia of Chinese civilization through Swiss haute horlogerie. This groundbreaking creation uniquely incorporates traditional Chinese calendar functions into a mechanical timepiece.
Following the success of its steel version, the rose gold edition with a grey dial adds cultural depth to the design. It masterfully displays the lunar-solar calendar system, featuring 24 solar terms, 12 zodiac animals, and the five elements, embodying the philosophy of yin and yang.
In Chinese calendar wisdom, time transcends mere numbers to encode harvest seasons, festivals, and cultural rituals. Parmigiani Fleurier captures this ancient knowledge within a wrist-worn masterpiece, allowing wearers to connect with millennia of civilization.
Launching globally on January 29, 2025, the first day of the Lunar New Year, this timepiece symbolizes the perfect fusion of Eastern and Western cultures. It represents Parmigiani Fleurier’s modern luxury interpretation of ancient traditions, writing a compelling cultural chapter in haute horlogerie.
The TONDA PF Chinese Calendar in rose gold stands as both a horological masterpiece and a bridge between past and present, demonstrating how Eastern philosophy of harmony can flourish within modern craftsmanship.
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