Certina adds a moonphase to their DS-8 chronograph, hoping that customers would be over the moon with this new complication. So as to position this function at 10 o’clock, the high-precision Precidrive movement offers an original layout of the chronograph counters.
While the 12-hour display appears through an aperture inside the 60-minute counter, 60-seconds timing is done by a central sweep-seconds hand. These indications are attractively staged on a sunburst satin-brushed anthracite dial also featuring a small seconds sub dial.
Equally at ease by day or night, the Chronograph DS-8 Phase de Lune features a trendy 41 mm diameter and naturally includes Certina’s famous DS (Double Safety) concept.
The luxury look of this timepiece is complemented by a polished 316L stainless steel case complete with satin-finish lugs, 41 mm Sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on both top and bottom. The watch is water-resistant to 10 bar and the anthracite dial with sunburst satin finish nicely contrasts with the pink gold PVD-treated hands and hour-markers enhanced with Superluminova. The watch comes with either a brown strap with twin-pusher butterfly clasp or other variations with a black dial with steel bracelet or a silver-toned dial with brown leather strap.
