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Celebrating the romantic moon
Those who read some earlier posts in this forum will already know that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, tonight, the moon is at the brightest and fullest of the entire year. For lack of something better to do this morning, I decided to examine my watches with moon phases this morning:
First on stage is the De Bethune DB 25 jewelry, set among the Geneva sky
Followed by the DB 28. How I love the spherical moons of the brand....
Next, the Patek contingent:
The 5059P
The 5270R
The 5270G, a close sibling
The 5712G
The 5496P
Followed by the Lange & Sohne members:
The Datograph Perpetual
The Langematic Perpetual
And last but not least - the 1815 Perpetual Calendar Rattrapante Handwerkskunst
With the celebrated moon goddess "Luna" at the back
Happy to report they are mostly accurate. Interestingly, the Chinese also have a moon goddess called "Sheung Ngor", who purportedly lives on the moon with a rabbit
The Festival is also a time when watch brands gives out moon cakes to their customers. They take this opportunity to outsmart each other in creativity and design, a la Basel and S.I.H.H. 
The Panerai moon cakes are packaged in the form of a lantern, which is lit up with a gentle push of a button on top
Lange & Sohne went a step further...
Nicely packaged moon cakes
After consumption, this is turned into a watch box with the addition of two cushions!
Unfortunately, the watches are not part of the package.... 
Still, very, very thoughtful indeed.
I would like to wish everyone a joyous and happy Mid-Autumn Festival.
Cheers
Sam
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Celebrating the romantic moon
Those who read some earlier posts in this forum will already know that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, tonight, the moon is at the brightest and fullest of the entire year. For lack of something better to do this...
Happy Mid-Autumn festival
Thanks for the very informative and enjoyable post. How do you keep such a large collection on time? Do you wear a different watch every day, or do you wind them all at night?
Good guess. I wind my PCs and ACs every morning, if possible
(unless I play golf). This is the rare luxury of being retired Fortunately this is about 10% of my collection. I wind the others once every few months...
I'm speechless...
...still grasping for air after seeing your moon collection! I absolutely love the De Bethunes, and this Lange Handwerkskunst is just stunning! Thanks for sharing these beauties with us my friend, and enjoy the moon tonight. Daniel
Thank you.
I must confess I might have missed out one or two (e.g. FPJ Octa Lune but I don't wind it regularly). It appears to be a clear sky tonight so we will enjoy the full moon...
Amazing collection of stunning watches my friend ๐๐ป
Thanks for sharing ๐๐ป
Thanks my friend.
Apologies for the mug shorts done by a smartphone. Will take better ones next time...
I only use my smartphone ๐
Your collection is stunning . Those DB,s and ALS watches are def my fav ๐๐ป๐
Thanks. In fact too much moon cake is bad for health :)
especially the cholesterol aspect.... :P
Indeed, the day I lose the passion
will be the time to exit this horological journey. At the moment, I am still adding around 10 pieces a year
Such a journey, thank you for sharing
Seeing a glimpse of your collection always becomes a highlight of my day when opportunity presents - the moonphase is a complication that adds so much to a watches appeal, and I share your sentiments in the beauty of presentation. Enjoy the harvest moon, ...
I read somewhere that the next time we see such a full moon will be 2049
Thank you for the kind words about the collection. It still gives me tremendous pleasure when I lay out everything on the table
Belated ไธญ็ง่ๅฟซไน!
Nice collection! This is my take for the Mid Autumn Festival.. ๐ป James ...
