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ARCHIVE MODULE 02Featured Models
CATALOGUE MODULE 01DS30 Black
The DS30 is Damasko's highly wearable tool watch, constructed from ice-hardened submarine steel and featuring high scratch resistance.
Fastback
A bold automotive sports watch crafted from layered carbon fiber, ceramic, and titanium, designed by former Audemars Piguet designers.
01Series Watermel0n
A playful, vintage-inspired chronograph featuring a colourful watermelon themed dial, combining mechanical manual-wind chronograph feel with whimsical design aesthetics.
Manhattan 37
The Manhattan 37 is MAEN's integrated-bracelet sports watch, featuring a slim, octagonal case design and a cotte de mailles style textured dial.
Model 2 Classic
The Model 2 is anOrdain's take on the classic field watch, combining rugged case architecture with an elegant, handmade vitreous enamel dial.
Geography
The Bravur Geography is a Scandinavian travel watch featuring a clean dual-timezone dial and a textured center dial pattern.
Modello Uno
A brutalist and minimal professional dive watch featuring a sterile bezel, high legibility, and heavy brushed case architecture.
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.
Perception Piao
An elegant integrated-bracelet sports watch celebrating high-end Chinese craftsmanship, featuring a hand-turned guilloché dial made by Master Cheng Yucai and a customized ultra-thin Dandong movement.
Sport Auto
A titanium luxury sports watch inspired by classic motor racing, featuring a hand-finished micro-rotor movement and pebble-shaped case.
Streamliner Centre Seconds
A luxury integrated sports watch featuring a fluid cushion case, organic bracelet design, and Moser's signature Matrix Green fume dial.
Old Smith 90-002
The Old Smith 90-002 is Kuoe's flagship field watch, offering classic 1940s military design in a highly wearable 35mm case.
Resolute II
The Resolute II is a compact everyday field watch featuring a clean white dial, syringe hands, and a high-end Swiss automatic movement with a 68-hour power reserve.
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.
Hermétique Tourer
The Hermétique Tourer is Baltic's vintage-inspired field watch, featuring a recessed crown, a double-domed sapphire crystal, and robust water resistance.
Hydrium
The Isotope Hydrium features a micro-blasted steel case, a sapphire dive bezel, and a clean dial showcasing the signature central Lacrima shape.
V38
The Laine V38 is a bespoke 38mm dress watch featuring a Vaucher micro-rotor movement and a hand-turned guilloché dial.
Seaforth IV
The Halios Seaforth IV is a benchmark microbrand dive watch known for its clean dial layouts, versatile case proportions, and rotating sapphire bezel options.
Retrospect III
The Retrospect III is Nodus's vintage-inspired dive watch, showing a distinct sandwich dial design, a brushed steel bezel, and 200m of water resistance.
556 I
The Sinn 556 I is a highly robust 38.5mm German everyday tool watch, celebrated for its minimal dial layout and high technical specifications.
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.
Reef
The Reef is Formex's highly engineered professional dive watch, featuring tool-free interchangeable ceramic bezels, a COSC-certified movement, and 300m water resistance.
Freediver
The Traska Freediver is a professional dive watch featuring a scratch-resistant case treatment, a ceramic bezel, and 200m of water resistance.
Antarctique
A luxury integrated sports watch featuring a hand-finished in-house micro-rotor movement and a distinctive C-link steel bracelet.
Journal & Analysis
EDITORIAL MODULE 03Three Watches for Life on a Normal Person’s Budget
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Affordable Watches From Movies
Not every movie watch costs thousands. We look at three affordable, fun, and memorable movie-connected watches from Swatch, Casio, and Hamilton you can actually collect.






























