Gerald Charles Unveils Its Most Complex Timepiece, The Masterlink Perpetual Calendar

Gerald Charles, the independent Swiss watchmaking Maison founded by the great Mr. Gérald Charles Genta, unveils its most complicated watch since its reestablishment less than a decade ago. The Masterlink Perpetual Calendar, developed entirely in-house, marks a new chapter for the young and ambitious Maison as it continues to expand its repertoire of poetic complications.

In keeping with Gerald Charles’s “No Compromise” watchmaking philosophy, established by Mr. Genta more than a quarter of a century ago, the Masterlink Perpetual Calendar introduces an in-house, asymmetrical, automatic perpetual calendar calibre with a three-counter display.

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Large Date

It is a complex function of the date display, usually shown through two separate large windows on the main dial, one for the tens place (displaying two digits) and the other for the units place (displaying a single digit), making it easier and faster to read the date.

This date complication can be displayed on two overlapping discs within the main dial (one containing 15 numerals and the other containing 16) for proper fit. This makes the complication more difficult and consequently more expensive to manufacture.