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ARCHIVE MODULE 02Featured Models
CATALOGUE MODULE 01V38
The Laine V38 is a bespoke 38mm dress watch featuring a Vaucher micro-rotor movement and a hand-turned guilloché dial.
Caribbean 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.
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.
Type 1D
The Naoya Hida Type 1D is a vintage-inspired time-only dress watch with a German silver dial and hand-engraved Breguet numerals.
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 Hao
The Perception Hao is an integrated-bracelet sports watch featuring a stunning, handmade white guilloché dial created by China's sole master artisan rose-engine builder.
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.
Flieger Classic 36
The Stowa Flieger Classic 36 is a compact pilot watch featuring a sterile dial layout and a manual-wind Swiss movement.
Divers Sixty-Five
The Oris Divers Sixty-Five is a slim, highly wearable 40mm retro-style dive watch that captures the design spirit of a historic 1965 Oris model.
Supersede
The Supersede is Horage's multi-complication sports watch, housing an in-house micro-rotor GMT caliber in a 904L steel case measuring just 9.85mm thick.
Autark Tourbillon
The Autark Tourbillon represents the democratization of haute horlogerie, featuring an in-house Swiss tourbillon movement in a lightweight titanium sports case.
Antarctique
A luxury integrated sports watch featuring a hand-finished in-house micro-rotor movement and a distinctive C-link steel bracelet.
Fastback
A bold automotive sports watch crafted from layered carbon fiber, ceramic, and titanium, designed by former Audemars Piguet designers.
Marine
An ultra-limited, vintage-style Swiss dive watch featuring a sandwich dial, mirror-polished bevels, and a super-domed sapphire crystal.
Oceanking
A premium Swiss-made professional dive watch offering mirror-polished bevels, a ceramic bezel, and a highly articulated steel bracelet.
Falcon Series III
The Falcon Series III is Lorier's retro explorer watch, showing a textured waffle dial, high-dome acrylic crystal, and a highly wearable 36mm steel case.
Felix
A classically styled time-only watch showcasing an Austrian in-house manufacture manual-wind caliber in a slim case.
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.
Anywhere
The Krayon Anywhere displays the time, calendar, and shifting daily sunrise/sunset times customized to the exact latitude of the wearer's location.
Streamliner Centre Seconds
A luxury integrated sports watch featuring a fluid cushion case, organic bracelet design, and Moser's signature Matrix Green fume dial.
Brunswick
An elegant cushion-cased dress watch featuring pipette numerals, a hand-polished case, and a slim manual-wind Swiss movement.
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.
Workhorse
A colorful, cerakoted tool chronograph featuring a protective rubber shroud and bullbar steel protectors.
Sector Deep
The Sector Deep is Nodus's professional dive watch, featuring a left-side crown layout, a beefy case, and 500m of water resistance.
Journal & Analysis
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