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The Zetios Chronographe Joaillerie watch is a clean and clever mix of luxury and classic functionality in a watch by Milus. A mother of pearl dial and diamond bezel matched to a white strap make for a watch that is characteristically feminine. Still, with a case size of 45mm wide in either stainless steel or 18k red gold - the watch sits in the male watch court. Once again, a watch company has released an ambiguous watch that is "unisex" at best. The watch is available with a steel bracelet on the steel watch, while various colors of alligator bracelet are available with both metals.

I really like the style of lugs as twisting cylinders - this allows the strap to fit over most any wrist. A sapphire crystal sits on the face and caseback of the watch, with a view into the skeletonized rotor on the automatic Swiss movement. 62 Wesselton diamonds (1.14 carats total) sit on the bezel which goes to the "joaillerie" (jewelry) portion of the watch name. This also hints to the price of the watch, which is likely to be high, thought it may be merited given the high quality and impressive details.

Functionally the watch has an attractive and straight forward dial with applied hour numerals and lume tipped hands. The tri-compax chronograph subdial layout is easy to read and I appreciate the centrally mounted big date complication. While the design is not wholly unique it is a nice rendition of a functional luxury watch.

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The Milus TriRetrograde watch and movement is really the novelty that put the watch maker back on the map a few years ago. Their latest creation using the unique triple retrograde seconds counters is this lady's Merea TriRetrograpde Seconds Skeleton Joaillerie timepiece. This watch does not frame the TriRetrograde complication as much as past Milus watches have, though the fun-to-watch novelty that counts each minute in three retrograde counters of 20 seconds each is still there. The dial is partially skeletonized with decorated rose gold bridges and perlage polished steel below. The case in rose gold makes interesting use of diamond and ruby jewel decoration that has the look of the dial extend on to the bezel. Inside the watch is the automatic movement unique to Milus, and attached to the timepiece is a red stingray leather strap. I do enjoy the "barbell" style lugs. Definitely a standout watch that is hard to miss. Not for everyone's tastes but enough people will be smitten.

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The TriRetrograde Seconds complication put Milus back on the horology map and was first placed in their Herios line of watches that featured a square case. The follow up timepiece using the successful TriRetrograde Seconds movement from Milus is this Tirion Skeleton 1919 Limited Edition (of 38 pieces) watch. The obvious purpose of this watch is to imbue a classic looking design with the handsome and visually stimulating complication. Remove your gaze from the watch face and focus on the case and strap alone - you have just a nicely put together, but conservative watch for the most part. Add in the skeletonized dial with the TriRetrograde Seconds complication, and you start to have something interesting, yet classic feeling.

The striking feature about the dial aside from the complications is the depth of it. There are several true layers and each is interesting in its own right. Outermost is the numeral dial that the well-conceived hands easily reach. Thus you can ignore the middle of the watch for brevity's sake when you just want to know the time. Spend a little bit more time on the dial and you can watch the simple but gratifying TriRetrograde seconds complication. Three retrograde dials each measure 20 seconds. They operate one at a time moving clockwise - being fun to watch. In addition to this, a date dial is viewable at 6 o'clock. The case itself is large at 45mm wide and done in rose gold for this limited edition. Overall, the Tirion TriRetrograde Seconds Skeleton 1919 limited edition is another classy but stimulating timepiece from Milus.

Ariel Adams publishes the watch review site aBlogtoRead.com.