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ARCHIVE MODULE 02Featured Models
CATALOGUE MODULE 01Caribbean 1000
The Ollech & Wajs Caribbean 1000 is a modern tribute to their historic 1964 dive watch, offering 1,000 meters of water resistance and a beads-of-rice bracelet.
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.
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.
4512 Commando
The Serica 4512 is a manual-wind field watch featuring a broad arrow hand, a robust case, and a historical Bonklip steel bracelet.
Lander IV GMT
The Lander IV is Farer's flagship GMT watch, featuring a signature sea-green sunray dial, a solid bronze crown, and a caller GMT Swiss movement.
Fastback
A bold automotive sports watch crafted from layered carbon fiber, ceramic, and titanium, designed by former Audemars Piguet designers.
1521 Classic
The Squale 1521 Classic is a legendary 500m professional dive watch, featuring a signature polished case and offset crown at 4 o'clock.
AdC #8
A bespoke, completely handmade dress watch in 18k rose gold with teardrop lugs, hand-painted dials, and a fully hand-bevelled caliber.
Spiral "Golden Fall"
An artisan automatic watch featuring a handcrafted Grand Feu enamel dial over a hand-engraved silver base, powered by a Swiss Soprod movement.
Anywhere
The Krayon Anywhere displays the time, calendar, and shifting daily sunrise/sunset times customized to the exact latitude of the wearer's location.
Antarctique
A luxury integrated sports watch featuring a hand-finished in-house micro-rotor movement and a distinctive C-link steel bracelet.
Seneca
The Seneca is Beaucroft's flag-bearer, a contemporary dress watch featuring a refined 40mm case, clean dial geometry, and British design pedigree.
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.
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.
Modello Uno
A brutalist and minimal professional dive watch featuring a sterile bezel, high legibility, and heavy brushed case architecture.
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.
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.
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.
Gravity Equal Force
A skeletonized technical timepiece featuring a constant-force transmission system and dial-side mechanical architecture.
C60 Trident Pro 300
The C60 Trident Pro 300 is Christopher Ward's premier professional dive watch, offering a slim 11.5mm case, a ceramic bezel, and 300m of water resistance.
C63 Sealander
The C63 Sealander is Christopher Ward's compact everyday sports watch, featuring a clean dial, 150m water resistance, and the Light-catcher case.
No. 01
The No. 01 is Meistersinger's signature single-hand watch, offering a clean, instrument-style layout in a classic 43mm case.
No. 6
The Otsuka Lottec No. 6 features a gauge-style display with a retrograde minute hand and a jumping hour display under a magnifying lens.
Cortina 1956 3-Hand
The Cortina 1956 is Echo/Neutra's heritage sports watch, paying homage to the 1956 winter olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo with clean lines and Swiss mechanics.
Journal & Analysis
EDITORIAL MODULE 03Three Watches for Life on a Normal Person’s Budget
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