Carl F. Bucherer Patravi EvoTec Calendar 18kt Rose Gold which is Equipped with the CFB A1000 Manufacture Caliber with a Unique Peripheral Rotor System. Black Dial with Luminescent Hour Markers and Hands. The Patravi EvoTec Calendar features a big date at 11 o'clock, confirming that this model belongs to the Patravi EvoTec family despite its round case. The small seconds function is indicated on the case by means of a disk. As this does not visually obstruct the indication of the weeks, it ensures optimum readability for the wearer. As the saying goes in watch collector circles, some watches impress your friends, and some your watchmaker –the Bucherer Patravi EvoTec Calendar does both. The heart of the watch is a mechanism designed and built entirely by Carl F. Bucherer: the CFB A1004, which adds a calendar, day of the week, big date, and week indications to the firm’s in-house CFB A1000 movement. The CFB A1000 is a self-winding movement unlike any other being made today –the swinging weight that moves every time you do, automatically winding the mainspring, doesn’t sit on top of the rest of the movement as in other self-winding watches –instead it rotates around the edge. That means there’s nothing to block your view of the fascinating machinery keeping time on your wrist (in most other self-winding watches the oscillating weight always hides at least half the movement) and it keeps the whole thing pleasantly flat as well. An anti-fashion watch par excellence, the Patravi EvoTec Calendar is instead an elegant paragon of intelligent design, and a connoisseur’s homage to the romance of micro-mechanics. The internal workings of the Patravi EvoTec Calendar features fascinating functions including a big date, a date indication and a small seconds display. In contrast with its predecessors, this model also has a indication of the weeks display, which reflects the round shape of the case within the dial-train, and displays the current calendar week by means of a pointer. Finally, this innovative model is equipped with the automatic CFB A1004 Manufacture caliber, which – like the CFB A1001, the CFB A1002 and the CFB A1003 that preceded it – is based on the “Evolution Technology” Manufacture concept. In addition to the indication of 52 calendar weeks, the CFB A1004 also includes a 53rd calendar week to avoid having to put the week calendar back in the relevant years. The CFB A1104 was designed from the ground up for long-term high precision, with a special two armed system for locking in the fine adjustment of its timekeeping and protecting it from drifting out of adjustment over time. The EvoTec Calendar’s form-follows-function philosophy has guided the overall design of the watch as well: the advanced big date display (like the movement itself, an extra-robust in-house design) and skeletonized, arrow tipped hands keep everything elegantly visible, and the case design gives the watch a lean masculinity. Distinctively designed and impeccably engineered, the Patravi EvoTec Calendar is a watch that will only get better with time. Since 1888, Carl F. Bucherer has been making fine quality watches. A reputation for quality, style, individuality and magnificence have been the hallmarks of this illustrious brand from the opening of Bucherer's first store on the Falkenplatz in Lucerne to the present day. In the early years of the twentieth century, the imperial court in Berlin, in acknowledgment of Bucherer's growing reputation for superior quality and craftmanship, assigned it the title of 'Official Watchmaker'. Throughout the twentieth century the brand's reputation grew, and with the recent release of the Patravi TravelTec GMT, Carl F. Bucherer has once again blazed a new trail in the world of watchmaking. Retails for $33,900 Selling for Only $21,995 Reference No. 00.10629.03.33.01