This Portuguese Perpetual Calendar version

This Portuguese Perpetual Calendar version is equipped with the classic moon phase display when observed from the northern hemisphere.Ancient Greeks and Romans, Aztecs and Egyptians wore gold snake bracelets with this purpose. The pieces also served as jewelry and decorative elements.But in reality, Europeans didn't trust snakes: Christians were brought to their miserable life in the lower world after the Snake tempted first people Adam and Eve. And even atheists suffer from snakes' bites.But in the 1940s Bulgari changed these relations when it designed snake's-head watches. The next new IWC Portuguese Perpetual Calendar model in rose gold has a warmer hue in comparison with the earlier rose gold model. printed railway minute track. Strap: brown alligator strap with matching red gold deployant clasp. Retail price: around $28,800.Despite of the same case construction (44.2mm) and the price (about $28,800), the two sister models differ a lot.In reality I love red gold the most but in this case consider the white gold new model, decorated with that mystic twilight blue dial more attractive and even nobler.The Earth;s satellite waxes onto this miniature stage from the left behind the semicircular setting becomes visible in the middle as a full moon and wanes on the right side behind the second semicircle. The moon disc also has some small stars.IWC Portuguese Perpetual Calendar Red GoldMovement: mechanical with automatic winding; Jewels: 62; Functions: hours, minutes, subsidiary seconds; perpetual calendar (date, day, month, 4-digit year; moon phase); power reserve indication. Case: 44,2 mm Material: 18 karat red gold; Glass: sapphire crystal; Water-resistance: 30 meters Dial: black; applied red gold Arabic numerals; red gold leaf-shaped hands;