AV86's relationship with the moonphase began in 2018 with a defining collaboration with Frédérique Constant. In early 2025, their standalone limited edition — 250 pieces — sold out in hours. The 1968 Moonphase collection is the answer: a modern reinterpretation in four editions, each elevating one of watchmaking's most poetic complications.

The guilloché dial radiates from the centre in an intricate pattern that plays with light and depth, revealing new detail with every glance. Symmetrical day and date subdials at 9H and 3H. At 6H, a rotating disc tracks the real moon's 29.5-day cycle, showing a moon and stars through a cutout — in Dark Blue, a night sky with the moon exactly where it belongs. Miyota 6P20 quartz movement for lunar accuracy without the complexity of a mechanical moonphase. The 39mm case is precision-machined from 316L surgical-grade stainless steel from Finland. Double-domed sapphire crystal — curved in both dimensions — with double anti-reflective coating, Mohs 9 hardness.