Journeyman
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"The light for the photovoltaic charging system reaches the movement through the dial – specifically, through the Roman numerals."
I find it hilarious - although perhaps not surprising - that people are going crazy over a Cartier model that has this feature and hailing it as wonderful. Seiko introduced it to their range of dress watches about 20 years back, but I guess a $200 Seiko with that precise feature isn't as exciting or cool as a $4000 Cartier...
Another feature that both Seiko and Casio introduced for their quartz watches a couple of decades back was a "snooze" function to save battery power - if the watch was not moved for 30 minutes or an hour, the hands would stop moving, but the movement would still count the passing of time so when the owner picked up the watch again, days or weeks later, the hands would snap back to the correct time and carry on as before. Once again, that feature passed un-noticed by watch bloggers - but when FP Journe introduced the feature on a $13,000 quartz watch a few years back, it was marketed as a technological marvel!