Independent Watchmaking Intelligence
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ARCHIVE MODULE 02Featured Models
CATALOGUE MODULE 01Royal Smith 90-008
The Royal Smith 90-008 is a rectangular dress watch inspired by Art Deco style, featuring a textured dial, Breguet numbers, and a high-beat Miyota movement.
Upside Down
The Ludovic Ballouard Upside Down features 12 individual jumping hour discs, where the current hour is the only numeral displayed right-side up.
Swordfish 40
The Swordfish 40 is Zelos's popular stainless steel dive watch, offering a distinct sandwich dial, a clean layout, and 200m water resistance.
Sector Automatic Ref. 2116-A
The Sector Automatic is Furlan Marri's premier mechanical three-hand watch, presenting a cow-horn lug case, a multi-textured sector dial, and a premium Swiss caliber.
Nereide Tungsteno
The Nereide Tungsteno is Venezianico's premium dive watch, featuring a polished tungsten bezel insert, an elegant case, and a Swiss automatic caliber.
The First Pitzmann
The First Pitzmann features a cold enamel dial, a sub-second display, and a highly polished 39mm stainless steel case.
Chronomètre Contemporain
The Rexhep Rexhepi Chronomètre Contemporain is a chronometer-rated time-only watch featuring a symmetrical movement layout and a grand feu enamel dial.
Flieger Classic 36
The Stowa Flieger Classic 36 is a compact pilot watch featuring a sterile dial layout and a manual-wind Swiss movement.
Metric
The Brew Metric is a vintage-inspired meca-quartz chronograph featuring a unique asymmetric layout, 1970s telephone dial cues, and espresso extraction timing marks.
Gravity Equal Force
A skeletonized technical timepiece featuring a constant-force transmission system and dial-side mechanical architecture.
The Resolute is RZE's signature titanium field watch, featuring a lightweight case with UltraHex scratch-resistant coating and a texture-rich dial.
Oceanking
A premium Swiss-made professional dive watch offering mirror-polished bevels, a ceramic bezel, and a highly articulated steel bracelet.
Felix
A classically styled time-only watch showcasing an Austrian in-house manufacture manual-wind caliber in a slim case.
Kudoke 2
An artisan dress watch featuring a hand-engraved 24-hour day/night indicator dome at 12 o'clock and a hand-finished frosted dial.
5303 COSC Diver
The Serica 5303 is a professional dive watch featuring a distinct case, a dual-scale ceramic/steel bezel, and a COSC-certified Swiss automatic caliber.
Type 3 Black
The Ressence Type 3 is the world's first oil-filled mechanical watch, featuring a crownless titanium case and a flush-mounted orbital display.
Marine
An ultra-limited, vintage-style Swiss dive watch featuring a sandwich dial, mirror-polished bevels, and a super-domed sapphire crystal.
417 ES
The Hanhart 417 ES is a faithful reproduction of the legendary German military pilot chronograph, famously worn by Steve McQueen, featuring a manual-wind movement and continuous fluted bezel.
ProTrail
The Circula ProTrail is an anti-magnetic field watch featuring a 1,200 Vickers hardened steel case and a textured sand-blasted dial.
Retromatic
The Retromatic is Brew's minimalist three-hand automatic watch, housed in a geometric cushion-shaped case with a perforated grid dial.
Geography
The Bravur Geography is a Scandinavian travel watch featuring a clean dual-timezone dial and a textured center dial pattern.
Workhorse
A colorful, cerakoted tool chronograph featuring a protective rubber shroud and bullbar steel protectors.
Max Bill Automatic
The Max Bill Automatic is a legendary Bauhaus dress watch, representing the perfect expression of modernist design in a 38mm case.
Logical One
The Romain Gauthier Logical One features a patented constant-force mechanism with a ruby-chain and fusee, wound via a case-band pusher.
Journal & Analysis
EDITORIAL MODULE 03Three Watches for Life on a Normal Person’s Budget
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