BY JOVAN K
Moritz Grossmann Perpetual Calendar arrives 17 years into the brand’s modern journey, a respectable run for the German manufacture carrying a 19th-century name. Marking the anniversary, it represents the brand’s first step into the perpetual calendar complication.
The case measures 41mm x 13.9mm, not a thin watch by any means, but perpetual calendars rarely are once you stack all those gears. You can get it in rose gold or platinum. The lugs have that familiar curved shape that helps sit better on the wrist.
The dial features a peripheral date ring with a cup-shaped indicator marking the current date. The month and day sit at 3 and 9 o’clock with azurage finishing. Each includes a small aperture, one for the leap year and one for day/night. At 12 o’clock, the moon phase shows mother-of-pearl against a goldstone background. Rose gold models use lance-shaped hands in matching metal, while the platinum version has blued steel hands contrasting with its argenté and anthracite dial.
Operating behind the scenes is the 401 part module (190 base + 211 calendar module) Calibre 101.13, a slower beating 18,000vph hand-wound movement. That slow beat is a nod to old school pocket watches. The sum corrector allows you to advance all calendar functions at once if the 42-hour power reserve runs out, a single press advances the date, with the rest of the calendar displays following automatically. It saves you from the usual headache of setting a perpetual calendar manually.
Each variant comes on a leather strap with a matching pin buckle. Pricing is €98,800 for rose gold variants (refs. MG-003906 & MG-003907) and €109,200 for the platinum version (ref. MG-003904), including German VAT.
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