perpetual calendar

noun

: a table for finding the day of the week for any one of a wide range of dates

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The 42mm platinum case houses an anthracite dial that displays an automatic minute repeating perpetual calendar, mono-pusher chronograph, moon phases, leap year and day-night indication. Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024 Perpetual Calendar Chronograph | $190,000 Patek Philippe’s lineage of perpetual calendar references is legendary, beginning with the ref. Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2024 Patek Philippe divides its current collection into complications (world timers, chronographs, and annual calendars) and grand complications (perpetual calendars, tourbillons, chiming watches, and so on). Sophie Furley, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024 The complications include a tourbillon, perpetual calendar, minute repeater, and a complex celestial and astronomical system that indicates three lunar month displays that include the synodic, draconic, and anomalistic cycles. Sophie Furley, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for perpetual calendar 

Word History

First Known Use

1577, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of perpetual calendar was in 1577

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“Perpetual calendar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perpetual%20calendar. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.

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