By Dominique Fléchon,
historian and watchmaking
consultant
July 2019
To circumvent the state monopoly
on calendars, ingenious Japanese
craftsmen designed prints that
revealed – to initiates only – the
alternation of short and long
months. It was a system that
lasted until the 19th century.
By Dominique Fléchon,
historian and watchmaking
consultant
July 2019
To circumvent the state monopoly
on calendars, ingenious Japanese
craftsmen designed prints that
revealed – to initiates only – the
alternation of short and long
months. It was a system that
lasted until the 19th century.