Independent Watchmaking Intelligence
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ARCHIVE MODULE 02Featured Models
CATALOGUE MODULE 01GSAR
The Marathon GSAR is a Swiss-made professional search and rescue dive watch featuring tritium tube dial markers and a 41mm steel case.
Modello Uno
A brutalist and minimal professional dive watch featuring a sterile bezel, high legibility, and heavy brushed case architecture.
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.
The Superman Heritage is Yema's flagship reissue of their iconic 1963 diver, showcasing the famous bezel lock mechanism, 300m water resistance, and a Swiss caliber.
Annual Calendar
A radically simplified annual calendar watch displaying day, date, and month using only nine additional mechanical components.
Series 2
The Roger Smith Series 2 is the brand's core manual-wind wristwatch, featuring a hand-turned sterling silver dial and a modified Daniels co-axial escapement.
01Series Watermel0n
A playful, vintage-inspired chronograph featuring a colourful watermelon themed dial, combining mechanical manual-wind chronograph feel with whimsical design aesthetics.
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.
The Navygraf Marine Nationale is an official military dive watch made in collaboration with the French Navy, featuring an in-house YEMA2000 caliber and a classic layout.
An aviation-themed meca-quartz chronograph paying tribute to Howard Hughes' historic flight deck layouts, combining retro syringe hands and a detailed sector dial.
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.
Neo
The Paulin Neo features an anodized aluminum dial with bespoke graphic typography, housed in a vintage-proportioned 38mm case.
Gravity Equal Force
A skeletonized technical timepiece featuring a constant-force transmission system and dial-side mechanical architecture.
Venture Titanium
The Venture Titanium is a lightweight 38mm field watch, featuring an angular titanium case and a workhorse Japanese automatic movement.
Felix
A classically styled time-only watch showcasing an Austrian in-house manufacture manual-wind caliber in a slim case.
Fortitude Lite
The Fortitude Lite is Astor+Banks' everyday tool watch, boasting a compact 38.5mm case, high water resistance, and an anti-magnetic shield.
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.
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.
MR01
The Baltic MR01 is an elegant vintage-style dress watch featuring a micro-rotor movement, a textured dial with Breguet numerals, and a slim case.
37.05 Series 2
The MING 37.05 Series 2 is a high-concept manual-wind watch showcasing a unique laser-textured dial design and classical case geometry.
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.
DB28XP
The DB28XP is an ultra-thin 7.2mm titanium watch featuring De Bethune's patented floating lugs and a delta-shaped movement bridge.
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.
Aquascaphe Classic
The Aquascaphe Classic is Baltic's flagship vintage-style dive watch, combining 1960s skin diver aesthetics with modern construction and a high-beat Japanese movement.
Journal & Analysis
EDITORIAL MODULE 03Three Watches for Life on a Normal Person’s Budget
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